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Grammar and Linguistics > ...for me, ...to me
...for me, ...to me
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kalala
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...for me, ...to me
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A teacher at my school just asked me for the difference between to me and for me, i.e. the cases in which each one is used.
For example,
"It is important for me."
"It is important to me."
"It�s easy for me."
"It�s useful for tourists"
etc.
Any ideas??  ! |
3 Dec 2008
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anaisabel001
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BRITISH USE :IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM ( OR TO) WHAT I�D EXPECTED
AMERICAN USE: IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM (OR THAN) WHAT I�D EXPECTED
THAT�S THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU . HOPE IT�S USEFUL
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3 Dec 2008
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Zora
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While it might seem "to me and for me" are the same.... and it�s another example of "at the weekend and on the weekend" .. there is a slight diffence in usage.
You can say:
He�s is important to me... but not "for me"... "for me" is used more for "ideas." whereas "to me" is used for both "ideas, places and people."
Example:
The information is important to me and my plans.
The information is important for me and my plans.
London is important to me, I love the history. BUT not London is important for me... - ALTHOUGH you could say, London is important for my studies... here you are substituting the object for something of "yours".
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3 Dec 2008
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Pietro
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As I see it, "to" shows the concept of transfer, whereas "for" conveys the concept of creating, getting and benefiting. But this seems to be more complicated than I�m trying to put it =)
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3 Dec 2008
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marcia chaves
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After adjectives, we use TO.
It�s important to me; It�s easy to do, etc...
Am I right??? |
5 Dec 2008
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Zora
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You could say... "It�s important for me to know what the result was of the study..." or "It�s easy for me to swim under water"... so that "rule" is not always correct either.. 
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5 Dec 2008
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wolfy
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to me, no, to you...
Sounds like a couple of builders moving the furtniture :)
Anyway I�m with Zora on this one.
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9 Dec 2008
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Pietro
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Zora� Well, yep, I absolutely agree with you) But it�s more to do with the pronoun (or a noun) (and, surely, the infinitive following it), I guess, than with the adjective preceding, as: For me to talk is extremely painful. The main thing is for you to get all the details. She waited for him to speak. There is nobody here for him to play with. Though there is a very similar construction where the preposition "of" is used: It was kind of you to help him. But it is used after certain adjectives only and always as a subject of the sentence after the introductory "it". |
10 Dec 2008
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