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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Using -ing after preposition "for"

The grammatical rule is that after a preposition one should use the -ing form. Why then the sentence: "I came to this university for studying English" is incorrect?

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You are correct that 'studying' would follow 'for'. However, the sentence is incorrect as you should have said 'I came to this university to study English'.

— Nona the brit

  • You are correct that 'studying' would follow 'for'.
  • However, the sentence is incorrect as you should have said 'I came to this university to study English'.
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You are correct that 'studying' would follow 'for'.

However, the sentence is incorrect as you should have said 'I came to this university to study English'.
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very well ,thanks a lot
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