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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
What's the difference in meaning between "for him" and "to him" here?
For him, the second was better.
To him, the second was better.
To him, the second was better.
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Hi, You seem to be posting a lot of similar queries about this. Let me offer one difference. For him .
- Hi, You seem to be posting a lot of similar queries about this.
- Let me offer one difference.
- For him .
- .
- He may not know about the matter.
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Hi,
You seem to be posting a lot of similar queries about this.
Let me offer one difference.
For him . . . He may not know about the matter. We may be talking about someone else's opinion about the matter.
To him . . . We are talking about his opinion about the matter.
Clive
You seem to be posting a lot of similar queries about this.
Let me offer one difference.
For him . . . He may not know about the matter. We may be talking about someone else's opinion about the matter.
To him . . . We are talking about his opinion about the matter.
Clive
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AnonymousFor him, the second was better.I had not seen this when I came across your other thread, asking if they CAN mean the same thing.
To him, the second was better.
It's certainly true that the first version is used by some native speakers to mean the second version. So to that extent, one may answer, "Yes, they
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