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Joseph A Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

To Or For

Hello everyone,

Is either "to" or "for" correct in the following sentence?

He went for/to a conference.

Regards,

Joseph

  

Top answer

to is more idiomatic. If yousay for, I think the listener is going to wonder if you have some special reason for saying it that wy. Clive

— Clive

  • to is more idiomatic.
  • If yousay for, I think the listener is going to wonder if you have some special reason for saying it that wy.
  • Clive
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to is more idiomatic.

If yousay for, I think the listener is going to wonder if you have some special reason for saying it that wy.

Clive

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Joseph AHe went for/to a conference.

Where did he go? He went to a conference. (destination)

Why did he go to London? He went for a conference. (purpose)

CJ

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