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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

"of" or "for"

We should eradicate the soil for/of corruption. Do both of them work here ,any meaning difference?
This sentence is i take from chinese newspaper , the original word is "for", can i use "of" here? What are the differences in meaning ? Thank you !
  

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eradicate the soil of corruption You could say that you are going to examine the soil for corruption (to see if there is any).

  • eradicate the soil of corruption You could say that you are going to examine the soil for corruption (to see if there is any).
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...eradicate the soil of corruption You could say that you are going to examine the soil for corruption (to see if there is any).

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