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Harry1999 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Nothing for me or Nothing from me?

In the scrum calls, I hear lots of native speakers saying "Nothing for me" when they have nothing t o say. What is the difference between saying "Nothing for me" and "Nothing from me" Do they both imply the same?

Thanks,
Harry
  

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I don't know the context - maybe that changes things - but the two mean different things grammatically. You would reply 'Nothing for me' if asked whether you would like something given to you whereas 'Nothing from me' would be the answer to whether you were giving something to others. They are the opposites in one sense but the context might be critical here.

— David Hatton

  • I don't know the context - maybe that changes things - but the two mean different things grammatically.
  • You would reply 'Nothing for me' if asked whether you would like something given to you whereas 'Nothing from me' would be the answer to whether you were giving something to others.
  • They are the opposites in one sense but the context might be critical here.
  • Perhaps the call 'Nothing for me' means that the player doesn't want to receive the ball and 'Nothing from me' means that the player doesn't have the ball so can't give it to anyone else.
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I don't know the context - maybe that changes things - but the two mean different things grammatically.
You would reply 'Nothing for me' if asked whether you would like something given to you whereas 'Nothing from me' would be the answer to whether you were giving something to others. They are the opposites in one sense but the context might be critical here.
Perhaps the call 'Nothing
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David HattonPerhaps the call 'Nothing for me' means that the player doesn't want to receive the ball and 'Nothing from me' means that the player doesn't have the ball so can't give it to anyone else.
@David Hatton: Thanks for the quick reply. They (team members) say "nothing for me" when they don't have any updates about the work they are doing. So is it an alt
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Could well be; although we are being precise over language here, it doesn't mean that other people always are!
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harry1999I hear lots of native speakers saying "Nothing for me" when they have nothing t o say.
It seems to me that it's a short form of "There is nothing for me to say just now".

CJ
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