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Sun 19 May, 2013 06:15 pm
I heard people say:
For wiki articles on things related to England, the English is good.
I think the sentence is wrong, and FOR must be changed to OF, because the underlying structure of it is:
The English of wiki articles on things related to England is good.
Do you agree?
@WBYeats,
Quote:For wiki articles on things related to England, the English is good.
I think the sentence is wrong, and FOR must be changed to OF, because the underlying structure of it is:
The English of wiki articles on things related to England is good.
Do you agree?
No, I don't agree, WB.
The underlying structure is,
For those/the wiki articles you read/one reads on things related to England, the English is good.
This is like,
Regarding wiki articles on things related to England, the English is good.
@JTT,
Thank you~
According to you answer, in
Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
can OF be changed to FOR?
@WBYeats,
I suppose that "for" could be substituted, but it's not what a native-speaker would be likely to say. "Of" is how a native-speaker would be likely to say it.
@WBYeats,
Quote:Thank you~
According to you answer, in
Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
can OF be changed to FOR?
You're welcome, Mr Yeats.
I'd say no, 'for' wouldn't be used. 'of' here means "out of the six people ... ."
@JTT,
Oh...thank you~
I also feel that OF is better.
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