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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Vote on or vote for

Hi,
What is the difference between?
' students vote on the best story.'
'students vote for the best story.'

Thanks.
  

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Both prepositions are used. We vote for a candidate in an election. We vote on amendments, issues, budgets, proposals or other such topics.

  • Both prepositions are used.
  • We vote for a candidate in an election.
  • We vote on amendments, issues, budgets, proposals or other such topics.
  • In American English, "vote for" is used more frequently.
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Both prepositions are used.

We vote for a candidate in an election.
We vote on amendments, issues, budgets, proposals or other such topics.

In American English, "vote for" is used more frequently.
In your examples, I would prefer "vote for."

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