Divide for?

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Do native speakers ever say ' divide' with 'for'?

My mother divided the cookies for my friends and me.
My mother divided the cookies among my friends and me.
He'll divide it into equal shares for us.
He'll divide it into equal shares among us.

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[+3] - JTT - 03/11/2013'for' could hold a meaning that some were unable to do it for themselves. Mom had to divide up the Smarties for the littlest kids because they can't count yet.

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@jangsunny1030,

All of those are fine.

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@engineer,

Yes Eng they are

"For" is ever-so-slightly more colloquial

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@jangsunny1030,

'for' could hold a meaning that some were unable to do it for themselves.

Mom had to divide up the Smarties for the littlest kids because they can't count yet.

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@JTT,

Thank you JTT

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@jangsunny1030,

You're most welcome, JS.

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@jangsunny1030,

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My mother divided the cookies among my friends and me.

Over here, if you're not actually cutting something (like a cake), it's more common, and more colloquial, to say "share".

She shared the cookies among us.

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@McTag,

Collo, "She parceled out the cookies (to us)"

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