Thread: STUDENT QUESTION - FOR & TO HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!
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Old 20-Apr-2004, 07:37
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The rule youlooked at wouldn't explain this use- it would explain why we say 'it is important to be there', not 'for. The are a number of words that can take different prepositions, I'm afraid, like this one and 'different'.
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