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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"Of" or "for"
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
"I will be leaving San Francisco, my adopted city of five years."
OR...
"I will be leaving San Francisco, my adopted city for five years."
Which one's correct?
"I will be leaving San Francisco, my adopted city of five years."
OR...
"I will be leaving San Francisco, my adopted city for five years."
Which one's correct?
Top answer
If you mean that you have lived there the previous five years, it's "of", not "for", but it sounds a bit formal.
- If you mean that you have lived there the previous five years, it's "of", not "for", but it sounds a bit formal.
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If you mean that you have lived there the previous five years, it's "of", not "for", but it sounds a bit formal.
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