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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Word choice

Should it be 'for or to'?

I will present on diabetes 'for or to' our study group.
What are you going to present 'to or for' our study group?
Please send me what you presented 'to or for' our study group.

Are both possible? It confusing here, please advice!

Thanks!
  

Top answer

"to" means that the audience for your presentation will be the study group. Without further context, I would understand "for" to mean "on behalf of".

— GPY

  • "to" means that the audience for your presentation will be the study group.
  • Without further context, I would understand "for" to mean "on behalf of".
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"to" means that the audience for your presentation will be the study group.

Without further context, I would understand "for" to mean "on behalf of".
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GPY"to" means that the audience for your presentation will be the study group.Without further context, I would understand "for" to mean "on behalf of".
Thanks for your help. So basically 'to' is the correct choice that conveys I am going to give a presentation to ( not for) a group of people. Would that be correct?
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I'm not sure that I fully understand your question.

Fairly obviously, "present to X" means give a presentation to X.

"give a presentation for X" can mean two things: either you are doing it on behalf of X (e.g. you are their spokesperson) or X is the audience. This depends on X and wider context.
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GPYI'm not sure that I fully understand your question.
Sorry for the confusion. I am just asking which is the correct word to convey the information in the sentences I provided, which is “give a presentation to X”, if that the correct one.
GPYor X is the audience. This depends on X and wider context.
So does this mean that “
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AnonymousSo does this mean that “for” can have the same meaning or convey what you said above as well (give a presentation to X)?
Same meaning as what?
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GPY AnonymousSo does this mean that “for” can have the same meaning or convey what you said above as well (give a presentation to X)?Same meaning as what?
Your second meaning for the use of 'for', does it have the same meaning as the use of 'to'?

give a presentation to X
give a presentation for X

Can they have the same meaning since you
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Anonymousgive a presentation to Xgive a presentation for X Can they have the same meaning since you said that 'for' has two meanings here?
Yes, more or less. "to" is more direct, but "for" can also be used when X is the audience.
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