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Mon 13 Jan, 2014 10:19 am
Which is correct?
1) Making money is hard for me.
2) Making money is hard to me.
Both want to express the meaning: Making money is a hard task for me.
Sentence number one, "Makng money is hard for me."
One might say, though: "To me, making oney is hard." That would be a nuanced statement, which meant that in your opinion ("To me"), making money is hard.
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
Sentence number one, "Makng money is hard for me."
One might say, though: "To me, making oney is hard." That would be a nuanced statement, which meant that in your opinion ("To me"), making money is hard.
Thanks.
Making money or earning money, which sounds more natural?
@oristarA,
I wouldn't say that one is more natural than the other, my opinion is that native speakers use the terms interchangeably.
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
I wouldn't say that one is more natural than the other, my opinion is that native speakers use the terms interchangeably.
In UK usage, "making" money is more likely to be used for making a profit in business and/or accumulating wealth - he made a lot of money in property - whereas receiving a salary for a job is 'earning' money. Americans might say "I make $20 an hour in my job".
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