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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocab question no. 44: invitation /for/ or /to/

Dear Users!

Do we say:

- an invitation for a journey

or

- an invitation to a journey

Thanks!
  

Top answer

I think it should be "invitation on a journey".

— GPY

  • I think it should be "invitation on a journey".
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7 Answers
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I think it should be "invitation on a journey".
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I would say "invitation to go on a journey".
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Thank you GPY and Vorpar... I have a book right in front of me, entitled "Europe: An Invitation to a Journey" and I'm a bit confused now...
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Generally, one is invited to something, dinner, a party, etc.
A journey is an odd one. In normal use I would go with Vorpar's sentence. Book titles sometimes are phrased in ways that are not normally used in speech.
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Perfect StrangerThank you GPY and Vorpar... I have a book right in front of me, entitled "Europe: An Invitation to a Journey" and I'm a bit confused now...
I don't think it's very obvious what the correct preposition (if any) should be. "to" does not sound right to me, but I'm wondering now whether "on" is really correct either.
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Thanks Blue Jay.

Would you guys say that for is also incorrect?
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Consider that this is a title. We allow a little latitude for signs and titles.

This is an invitation to etc. is common.

An invitation for something would be unusual. She gave me an invitation for a free massage. (possible)

I have a book right in front of me, entitled "Europe: An Invitation to a Journey
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