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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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'to' or 'for'?

In the following sentence, are 'to' and 'for' interchangeable?

"By "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions to problems, for which there are no simple solutions."
  

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Anonymous By "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions to problems for which there are no simple solutions. No comma. You can switch to and for , thus: By "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions for problems to which there are no simple solutions.

  • Anonymous By "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions to problems for which there are no simple solutions.
  • No comma.
  • You can switch to and for , thus: By "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions for problems to which there are no simple solutions.
  • But it's better as is, so I don't know why you would want to.
  • CJ
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AnonymousBy "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions to problems for which there are no simple solutions.
No comma. You can switch to and for, thus:

By "creative" I simply mean being able to come up with new solutions for problems to which there are no simp

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