{"id":72824,"date":"2019-11-11T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72824"},"modified":"2019-11-11T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T08:25:11","slug":"conversational-structures-with-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/conversational-structures-with-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversational Structures With For"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nThe structure<strong> for + noun\/pronoun + infinitive <\/strong>is very common in English. It is used when an infinitive needs its own subject.\r\n\r\n \r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li>It only takes ten minutes for me to walk to the office.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It is not necessary for you to wait any longer.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>There were no toys for the children to play with.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It is now too late for us to begin a new lesson.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>There is nothing more for you to do.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It is difficult for anyone to control him.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It isn\u2019t easy for me to let him go.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nSome of these sentences can be rewritten with the for-structure as subject.\r\n\r\n \r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li>For me to walk to the office takes only ten minutes.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For you to wait any longer isn\u2019t necessary.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For me to let him go isn\u2019t easy.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nIn some cases, it is also possible to replace a for-structure with an if-clause.\r\n\r\n \r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li>It would be risky for you to attempt it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It would be risky if you attempted it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It wouldn\u2019t be wise for you to boycott the function.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It wouldn\u2019t be wise if you boycotted the function.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The structure for + noun\/pronoun + infinitive is very common in English. It is used when an infinitive needs its own subject. It only takes ten minutes for me to walk to the office.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1843,5,1844],"class_list":["post-72824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-english-speaking-course","tag-english-speaking-lessons","tag-spoken-english-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72825,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72824\/revisions\/72825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}