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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Preposition help?

Sentence: Today the market order was not working with some shares. Or.

Today the market order did not work for some shares.

Question:Which preposition will be correct to use in the above situation, for or with? The use of preposition with and for with the word work creates a lots of doubts and confusions. Kindly tell the difference between their meanings for better understanding. Emotion: smile

Thanks

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It depends, did the market order work on some other shares, or did the market order not work for any shares but only some shares were affected? "Did not work for " means the problem was with the "market order" function itself and this problem affected some shares. "Did not work with " means the problem was with the "market order" function on some specific shares (meaning the combination of the market order function with these shares caused the problem), but on other shares the market order was functioning properly.

— KJinCali79

  • It depends, did the market order work on some other shares, or did the market order not work for any shares but only some shares were affected?
  • "Did not work for " means the problem was with the "market order" function itself and this problem affected some shares.
  • "Did not work with " means the problem was with the "market order" function on some specific shares (meaning the combination of the market order function with these shares caused the problem), but on other shares the market order was functioning properly.
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It depends, did the market order work on some other shares, or did the market order not work for any shares but only some shares were affected?

"Did not work for" means the problem was with the "market order" function itself and this problem affected some shares.

"Did not work with" means the problem was with the "market order" function on some specific share
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KJinCali79It depends, did the market order work on some other shares, or did the market order not work for any shares but only some shares were affected?"Did not work for" means the problem was with the "market order" function itself and this problem affected some shares."Did not work with" means the problem was with the "market order" function on some specific shares (me
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