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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"support to / for"
"He cut off all financial support to the country."
"He cut off all financial support for the country."
I have known "support for nouns" is a common noun phrase but I have seen "support to the country" although it is natural to say, "it gave a financial support to him" because of the verb "gave" but I am not sure if the example sentence with "to" is natural or not. Or is there a meaning difference between the two sentences? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
"He cut off all financial support for the country."
I have known "support for nouns" is a common noun phrase but I have seen "support to the country" although it is natural to say, "it gave a financial support to him" because of the verb "gave" but I am not sure if the example sentence with "to" is natural or not. Or is there a meaning difference between the two sentences? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
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Generally speaking, "to" would imply that he is not the sole support financially for the country, and it would continue to exist without his support. "For" would imply that he is the sole support financially for the country, and without his support the country will collapse.
- Generally speaking, "to" would imply that he is not the sole support financially for the country, and it would continue to exist without his support.
- "For" would imply that he is the sole support financially for the country, and without his support the country will collapse.
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Generally speaking, "to" would imply that he is not the sole support financially for the country, and it would continue to exist without his support. "For" would imply that he is the sole support financially for the country, and without his support the country will collapse.
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