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Damir Posted 18 years ago
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When to use 'of' and when 'for'?

0I'm confused. When is used an expression "I have never heard of you" and when "I have never heard for you"?02br
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02br 02br 00I have never heard from you - You have never corresponded with me, written to me02br 02br 00*I have never heard for you - This has no meaning that I know of0-

  • 02br 02br 00I have never heard from you - You have never corresponded with me, written to me02br 02br 00*I have never heard for you - This has no meaning that I know of0-
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0American person here:02br
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00I have never heard of you - I do not know your name, you are completely unfamiliar to me.02br
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00I have never heard from you - You have never corresponded with me, written to me02br
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00*I have never heard for you - This has no meaning that I know of0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I'm confused. When is used an expression 02font02br
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01font00"I have never heard of you" 02font00This means that I have never heard your name or any information about you. In other words, it means that I definitely don't know you or anyhting about you.0
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0So..'for' is never used. Thanks for clearing this up.02br
00I searched in google for both expressions and there were a few results for 'for'. Maybe some non-english speaker wrote that, as I would if I didn't ask you, I don't know. 'Of' sounds familiar to me, but I thought that 'for' could be used too, because direct translation from my language will be 'for' (actually we don't have
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0I had a quick google and all the examples of 'never heard for you' were people using it in error instead of 'never heard from you'.0-
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1font00 02font00Hi,02br
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00You never know what combination of words you may find via Google.02br
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00Someone might, for instance, write something like this. The red shows how to interpret it.02br
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00I have written this list 01b01font00( 02font
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Hi

The expression "I have never heard FOR you" is used correctly when the person is saying "I have never heard ANYTHING IN SUPPORT OF you.

The expression "List of songs" has nothing to do with music. It means a list of demands or questions.

Regards

Peter
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Hi, Peter,
I wonder if this could be a regional expression. You're the first person who has been confident that it's correct. (never heard for you)

I agree it seems logical.
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Well, intuitively, "I never heard for you" sounds like, "you never had the ability to hear/opt not to hear for the sake of him/her". If that make sense at all.

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