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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Confused Prepositions
Using for for about
Incorrect
Usage: The Minister spoke for
corruption.
Correct Usage: The Minister spoke about corruption.
Note: Here, for
implies ‘being in favor of’. If we use for,
it will denote that, the Minister spoke in favor of corruption.
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