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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Prepare for / to

Hello, great people there. I have a bit tricky question for me to solve so I really need your help and opinions about it. Is it okay to say "prepare for teaching English" or "prepare to teach English" I think both are fine and meaning is the same. What do you think? So my point is whether "for - ing and to V-" in the sentences can function the same? Or not. Thank you all the time.
  

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They can mean the same indeed. It is just that 'prepare to do' is more usual while 'prepare for' is normally followed by nouns that are not gerunds: prepare to eat dinner / prepare for dinner.

— Mister Micawber

  • They can mean the same indeed.
  • It is just that 'prepare to do' is more usual while 'prepare for' is normally followed by nouns that are not gerunds: prepare to eat dinner / prepare for dinner.
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They can mean the same indeed. It is just that 'prepare to do' is more usual while 'prepare for' is normally followed by nouns that are not gerunds: prepare to eat dinner / prepare for dinner.
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Thank you sir!! You have been really helpful. Thank you again.
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AnonymousSo my point is whether "for - ing and to V-" in the sentences can function the same?
Sometimes you get lucky and they function the same, but in the general case you should probably always choose "prepare to V" after "prepare" in preference to "prepare for V-ing".

For example, Prepare to stop! can't possibly be rendered as Prepare fo
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