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| Honest Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5317 days ago 89 posts - 92 votes  Speaks: Arabic (Gulf)*, English | Message 1 of 6 15 June 2010 at 5:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have two questions regarding English grammar:
1- When I want to say something like, I believe; personally..etc. I wanted to use the phrase: To me.So the question is is it: To me or For me ? 2- What is the proper preposition here: That will help me to know the answer (to-of) that question. Thanks a lot! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Derian Triglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5307 days ago 227 posts - 464 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Czech, French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 6 15 June 2010 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
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1 - When talking about your opinion, you use "To me". E.g.:
It doesn't make much sense to me. To me, it sounds like nonsense. John likes to make pranks, but to me it seems childish. 2 - That will help me to know the answer TO that question. an answer TO a question a solution TO a problem a way TO do it the key TO understanding (sth) Edited by Derian on 15 June 2010 at 5:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5955 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 3 of 6 15 June 2010 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
Agreed. Just to confuse the issue, alternate but less common wording for the first issue can also take the following form: "As for me, I am not afraid of bears." (this works for more than just bears). As for the second issue, most phrases will be as described above, but there are some phrases where "of" would be more appropriate: - an understanding of the situation - an appreciation of post-modern art - 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Derian Triglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5307 days ago 227 posts - 464 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Czech, French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 4 of 6 15 June 2010 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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| dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5432 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 5 of 6 15 June 2010 at 9:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
Just to piggyback on what Spanky said, 'to' is typically used when there's a feeling of some kind of direction or movement while 'of' is used when there isn't. Also, in 'a way TO do it' the TO is used differently than in his other examples. Here, 'to' is part of the infinitive 'to do' rather than part of a prepositional phrase. This is yet another funny use of TO in English. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Honest Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5317 days ago 89 posts - 92 votes Speaks: Arabic (Gulf)*, English | Message 6 of 6 16 June 2010 at 7:48am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank you all, I appreciate it :)
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