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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
To or for
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There are two sentences below, and which one is correct?
1) Mike cooked a delicious meal for his girlfriend.
2) Mike cooked a delicious meal to his girlfriend
When do we use "for" and when do we use "to"?
There are two sentences below, and which one is correct?
1) Mike cooked a delicious meal for his girlfriend.
2) Mike cooked a delicious meal to his girlfriend
When do we use "for" and when do we use "to"?
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Anonymous Mike cooked a delicious meal for his girlfriend. The sentence above is correct. In this case the noun (meal) is more important than the verb (cooked) and for means "for the benefit of".
- Anonymous Mike cooked a delicious meal for his girlfriend.
- The sentence above is correct.
- In this case the noun (meal) is more important than the verb (cooked) and for means "for the benefit of".
- For is a very common preposition after nouns if nothing requires another preposition: There's a book for you on the table.
- I have a book for you.
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AnonymousMike cooked a delicious meal for his girlfriend.The sentence above is correct. In this case the noun (meal) is more important than the verb (cooked) and for means "for the benefit of". For is a very common preposition after nouns if nothing requires another preposition:
There's a book for you on the table.
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AnonymousWhen do we use "for" and when do we use "to"?for is the benefactive preposition; to is the goal preposition.
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verbs of building, making, preparing, performing, getting, keeping:
arrange it for me; cut it for me; cook it for me; bake it for me; boil it for me; roast it for me; write it for me; design it fo
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