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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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please check if the sentence is correct

I'm going to engrave a gift I bought for my date and i'm wondering what is more correct:

"To the man of my dreams" or "For the man of my dreams"?

He is a native English speaker and I don't want this sentance to be strange:)

Thanks a lot for you help
  

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Either, I am sure, will be greatly appreciated.

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  • Either, I am sure, will be greatly appreciated.
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Emotion: heartEither, I am sure, will be greatly appreciated.
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Both are fine. However, a subtle nuance would lead me to suggest "For the man of my dreams."

Using "to" focuses on the one-time action of giving of the gift to him, while using "for" focuses on the long-time action of him having this gift either to use or wear or whatever application it may have (since I don't know what kind of gift it is). Since he's the man of your dreams, I'm assumin
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Thank you very much)
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