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Vutdoan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct?

I got treated like dirt over/for nothing.
  

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Both are possible, but they may not mean exactly the same thing. "I got treated like dirt over nothing" means that the offence that led to your being treated like dirt was trivial. "I got treated like dirt for nothing" could mean the same, or it could mean that no benefit accrued to you from the events that involved or led to your being treated like dirt.

  • Both are possible, but they may not mean exactly the same thing.
  • "I got treated like dirt over nothing" means that the offence that led to your being treated like dirt was trivial.
  • "I got treated like dirt for nothing" could mean the same, or it could mean that no benefit accrued to you from the events that involved or led to your being treated like dirt.
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Both are possible, but they may not mean exactly the same thing.

"I got treated like dirt over nothing" means that the offence that led to your being treated like dirt was trivial.


"I got treated like dirt for nothing" could mean the same, or it could mean that no benefit accrued to you from the events that involved or led to your being treated like dirt.

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