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joserocha
 
Reply Fri 29 Apr, 2005 07:48 am
Which ones are correct? Which one do you prefer?
A computer is used to do a variety of things.
A computer is used for a variety of things.
A computer is used to a variety of things.
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Letty
 
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Reply Fri 29 Apr, 2005 07:53 am
Jo, welcome to A2K. One and two are fine; three, no!
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syntinen
 
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Reply Sun 1 May, 2005 01:43 am
#3 is grammatically perfectly correct, but what it actually means is
"A computer is accustomed to a variety of things." Which, since computers are not sentient beings (not yet anyway), can't be true.
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