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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To me, for me

Which one to use where between 'for me' and 'to me'? I have a general idea. 'to me' is used with ideas, poinions, etc., and 'for me' with things, material objects, etc. Please guide me.

To me, it's a pretty much bad idea.
For me, it's a little dose of poison in disguise. Why? Don't you like sweets? Well, who wouldn't. I have diabetes.
  

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Jackson6612 Which one to use where between 'for me' and 'to me'? Most people use them interchangeably. "To me," is like, "To my way of thinking," As an introductory phrase, it simply stresses that the thing may be different to/for you than to/for someone else.

— Avangi

  • Jackson6612 Which one to use where between 'for me' and 'to me'?
  • Most people use them interchangeably.
  • "To me," is like, "To my way of thinking," As an introductory phrase, it simply stresses that the thing may be different to/for you than to/for someone else.
  • To/for me, hydrocholrothiazide is toxic.
  • For me, it's a little dose of poison in disguise.
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Jackson6612Which one to use where between 'for me' and 'to me'?
Most people use them interchangeably. "To me," is like, "To my way of thinking,"

As an introductory phrase, it simply stresses that the thing may be different to/for you than to/for someone else.

To/for me, hydrocholrothiazide is toxic.

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Thanks a lot, Avangi.
AvangiFor me, it's a little dose of poison in disguise.
Why? Don't you like sweets?
Well, who wouldn't. I have diabetes.

In your dialogue, the natural phrase would be "Well, who would?" (under these circumstances)

Who would in my situation? I have etc.

You'd use "Who wouldn't? in reply to a "Do you . .
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Jackson6612Would that work?
Well who wouldn't (like sweets). But I have diabetes.
Yes.

"I offer this in reply" is idiomatic. So is "I offer this as a reply."

"I offer this in a reply" is not, without special context.

In the right context, it could work in past tense:
I offered this in my reply. I wrote this in a reply.
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Thank you, Avangi.
AvangiThe trick is that "reply" can be countable and uncountable.

In answer to your question, you may not. . In an answer to my question, I found the following:
How can a 'reply' be a countable and uncountable noun? To me, it's countable - single reply.

Is there any difference in meaning between the bol
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Jackson6612In an answer to my question, I found the following:

Is there any difference in meaning between the bold phrases, no matter how suble?
It's about as subtle as a sharp stick in the eye.
I received several answers to my question. In one of them, I found the following:

This is in contrast to the introductory p
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