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I want to put a heading for a column in a taking I am making fir the sales we make for the month of August. Should I use the word of or for in this phrase:

Monthly sales 'of or for' August.

That implies how much we made or sold in the month of August. Which one is correct?

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

Column headings in a table don't usually have prepositions at all.

The title of the entire chart might be "Monthly Sales" and the column head could "August" or the column could be "August Sales" or "Sales: August."

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah I just mentioned the table as an example so you would get what I am trying to say. I agree with you. what about just as a phrase: monthly sales of or for August; or here is our monthly sales of or for August.

Which word should be used?

Thanks again.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Here are our sales figures for August.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you. Just curious, would 'sales figures of August' be wrong? I think wrong, but I have doubts.

BarbaraPA · Answer

I would not write "of August." I would say "for August."

Anonymous · Answer

Sorry but I do not know what 'I would not way' means?

BarbaraPA · Answer

My apologies -
I would not write

I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that.

If a moderator wanders by, perhaps they could correct that confusing mental lapse.

Blue Jay · Answer

BarbaraPAIf a moderator wanders by, perhaps they could correct that confusing mental lapse.

Fixed.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Thanks Blue Jay. Being able to correct my typos is what I miss most about being a moderator.

Blue Jay · Answer

AG offered the suggestion that TUs should be able to edit their own posts indefinitely. I agree.

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