{"id":73873,"date":"2020-04-07T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73873"},"modified":"2020-04-08T03:15:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T03:15:17","slug":"for-as-a-preposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/for-as-a-preposition\/","title":{"rendered":"For As A Preposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-prepositions\/\">preposition<\/a> for has many meanings including the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: intended to belong to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This letter is\u00a0<b>for you<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Reserve a seat\u00a0<b>for me.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: in place of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I offer you new lamps\u00a0<b>for old.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: in defence of; in favour of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He fought\u00a0<b>for his country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Are you\u00a0<b>for\u00a0<\/b>or against the proposal?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: as far as, as long as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We walked\u00a0<b>for five kilometres.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>They waited\u00a0<b>for two hours.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: towards; indicating destination<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They sailed\u00a0<b>for the pacific.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>A train\u00a0<b>for London<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: because of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They could not see\u00a0<b>for smoke.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: at a cost of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can buy this\u00a0<b>for $1.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: indicating purpose<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let us go\u00a0<b>for a walk<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>What is this tool<b>\u00a0for?<\/b><\/li>\n<li>They chose him\u00a0<b>for their leader.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For<\/b>: indicating liking, suitability, skill etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has a good year\u00a0<b>for music.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Junk food is bad\u00a0<b>for health.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For structures after adjectives<\/h3>\n<p>The structure\u00a0<b>for + object + infinitive<\/b>\u00a0is common after certain adjectives which express wishes and other personal feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Examples are: <em>anxious, eager, delighted, willing, reluctant, vital, necessary, important, common, normal, pointless, unusual, rare, right, wrong<\/em> etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am\u00a0<b>anxious for him to get\u00a0<\/b>a good job.<\/li>\n<li>We are\u00a0<b>delighted for them to come<\/b>\u00a0and stay.<\/li>\n<li>She is\u00a0<b>eager for us to see\u00a0<\/b>her work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>With preparatory it<\/h2>\n<p><b>For-structures<\/b>\u00a0with preparatory\u00a0<b>it<\/b>\u00a0are common with many adjectives expressing possibility, necessity, importance, urgency, frequency and value judgments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is<b>\u00a0important for the party<\/b>\u00a0to be a success.<\/li>\n<li>It is not<b>\u00a0necessary for you\u00a0<\/b>to wait any longer.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<b>essential for them\u00a0<\/b>to earn while they learn.<\/li>\n<li>I thought it\u00a0<b>strange for her to be\u00a0<\/b>out so late.<\/li>\n<li>It isn&#8217;t\u00a0<b>easy for me<\/b>\u00a0to let him go.<\/li>\n<li>It would be<b>\u00a0risky for\u00a0<\/b>you to attempt it.<\/li>\n<li>It would be\u00a0<b>dangerous for<\/b>\u00a0them to indulge in such activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For structures after verbs<\/h3>\n<p>Certain verbs are normally followed by\u00a0<b>for<\/b>. Examples are: <em>ask, hope, wait, look, pay, arrange<\/em> etc. We can use infinitives after them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can&#8217;t wait\u00a0<b>for them to finish\u00a0<\/b>talking. (NOT I can\u2019t wait them to finish talking.)<\/li>\n<li>Can you arrange<b>\u00a0for the goods to be delivered\u00a0<\/b>soon? (NOT Can you arrange the goods to be delivered soon.)<\/li>\n<li>I arranged\u00a0<b>for her to have<\/b>\u00a0violin lessons. (NOT I arranged her to have violin lessons.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Certain verbs like\u00a0<b>suit, take\u00a0<\/b>etc., can also be followed by a<b>\u00a0for-structure<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It only<b>\u00a0takes ten minutes for me to walk\u00a0<\/b>to the office.<\/li>\n<li>Will it\u00a0<b>suit you for us to call\u00a0<\/b>on Sunday?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that a\u00a0<b>for-structure<\/b>\u00a0cannot be used in object position after verbs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I requested\u00a0<b>her to help<\/b>\u00a0me. (NOT I requested for her to help me.)<\/li>\n<li>She wanted\u00a0<b>me to clear\u00a0<\/b>her doubts. (NOT She wanted for me to clear her doubts.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other uses of for structures<\/h3>\n<p><b>For-structures<\/b>\u00a0can be used after nouns which express wishes and other personal feelings. Examples are: time, a good\/bad idea, plan, aim, need, request, mistake, shame etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is\u00a0<b>time for everybody to go\u00a0<\/b>to bed.<\/li>\n<li>It was a\u00a0<b>shame for them to lose<\/b>\u00a0the match.<\/li>\n<li>There is a\u00a0<b>plan for Alice to spend\u00a0<\/b>a year in China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>After something, anything, nothing etc.<\/h3>\n<p><b>Something, anything, nothing<\/b>, and similar words are often followed by\u00a0<b>for + object + infinitive.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you brought\u00a0<b>something for me to eat?<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Is there\u00a0<b>anything for me to do?<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Is there\u00a0<b>anybody for Alice to play\u00a0<\/b>with?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>After too and enough<\/h3>\n<p>A<b>\u00a0for-structure<\/b>\u00a0is often used after<b>\u00a0too<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>enough.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tea was\u00a0<b>too hot for me to drink.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>The bag was\u00a0<b>too heavy for me to lift.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>It is now\u00a0<b>too late for us to begin<\/b>\u00a0the new lesson.<\/li>\n<li>I explained enough\u00a0<b>for her to understand<\/b>\u00a0what was happening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For-structure as subject or object<\/h3>\n<p><b>The for-structure\u00a0<\/b>can be the subject of a clause.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>For us to fail\u00a0<\/b>now would be a disaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, it is more common for a structure with preparatory\u00a0<b>it\u00a0<\/b>to be used.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>It\u00a0<\/b>would be a disaster\u00a0<b>for us to fail\u00a0<\/b>now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The preposition for has many meanings including the following: For: intended to belong to This letter is\u00a0for you. Reserve a seat\u00a0for me. For: in place of I offer you new lamps\u00a0for old. For: in&#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":[251],"tags":[1282,898,2573],"class_list":["post-73873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-for","tag-preposition","tag-preposition-for"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73873","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=73873"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73879,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73873\/revisions\/73879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}