Source of something to/for/of someone
Greetings.
I'm interested in the phrase "source of something to/for/of someone".
To find out which prepositions are correct, I made up some sentences:
(1) Books are a source of knowledge to people.
(2) Books are a source of knowledge for people.
(3) Books are a source of knowledge of people.
Which of them are correct and which are not?
Thanks.
Top answer
loviii Which of them are correct and which are not? They all seem possible in the right context, but if all you mean is that when people want knowledge, they can use books to get some, then only "for" is right. "To" is unlikely, but it is a clumsy way of saying that people see books as a source of knowledge.
- loviii Which of them are correct and which are not?
- They all seem possible in the right context, but if all you mean is that when people want knowledge, they can use books to get some, then only "for" is right.
- "To" is unlikely, but it is a clumsy way of saying that people see books as a source of knowledge.
- "Of" is also unlikely, mostly because of the infelicitous "of … of".
- "Knowledge of people" is knowledge about people, but it is a rather stiff way of putting it.
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loviiiWhich of them are correct and which are not?
They all seem possible in the right context, but if all you mean is that when people want knowledge, they can use books to get some, then only "for" is right. "To" is unlikely, but it is a clumsy way of saying that people see books as a source of knowledge. "Of" is also unlikely, mostly because of the infel
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