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JKBelieve Posted 19 years ago
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reassure to? reassure for?
i found this phrase in a newspaper article today and was suddenly wondering about other possibilities...
'Informally, the government wants some sort of reassurance for the business community that they will be allowed to function,'
i understand that the emboldened 'reassurance for' is not wrong but couldn't 'reassurance to' also work in this case?
Thanx for taking an interest in my query
'Informally, the government wants some sort of reassurance for the business community that they will be allowed to function,'
i understand that the emboldened 'reassurance for' is not wrong but couldn't 'reassurance to' also work in this case?
Thanx for taking an interest in my query
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I think it would be understandable with to instead of for . Yes. Nevertheless, if I changed that preposition to to , I think I would prefer to reword the sentence to add the word give .
- I think it would be understandable with to instead of for .
- Yes.
- Nevertheless, if I changed that preposition to to , I think I would prefer to reword the sentence to add the word give .
- the government wants to give some sort of reassurance to the business community that ...
- CJ
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I think it would be understandable with to instead of for. Yes.
Nevertheless, if I changed that preposition to to, I think I would prefer to reword the sentence to add the word give.
... the government wants to give some sort of reassurance to the business community that ...
CJ
Nevertheless, if I changed that preposition to to, I think I would prefer to reword the sentence to add the word give.
... the government wants to give some sort of reassurance to the business community that ...
CJ
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