When do you use the preposition to and when do you use for? FOR is used to express doing something on someone’s behalf. TO expresses direction.Examples:
FOR
I hurt my hand and cannot carry my books myself, can you carry them for me?
I also can’t use my hand to write. Can you write a letter for me, so I can send it to my mother?
TO
I am up on the ladder painting and I forgot the turpentine, but I don’t want to come down to get it. Can you carry the turpentine to me?
Could you send the letter you wrote for me to my mother? Or should I send it to her when I finish painting?
I also can’t use my hand to write. Can you write a letter for me, so I can send it to my mother?
I am up on the ladder painting and I forgot the turpentine, but I don’t want to come down to get it. Can you carry the turpentine to me?
Could you send the letter you wrote for me to my mother? Or should I send it to her when I finish painting?
TEST YOUR MEMORY – TRY IT YOURSELF
- I hurt my hand and cannot carry my books myself, can you carry them ____ me?
- I also can’t use my hand to write. Can you write a letter ____ me, so I can send it ____ my mother?
- I am up on the ladder painting and I forgot the turpentine, but I don’t want to come down to get it. Can you carry the turpentine ____ me?
- Could you send the letter you wrote ____ me ____ my mother? Or should I send it ____ her when I finish painting?
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