Oh, yes. It's very kind of you teachers to spare time to help us. Many thanks!
I am afraid I don't understand this part: "I don't think 'for'
on its own would sound right....". My original sentence is "self interest".
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang
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Originally Posted by BobK  I've been a bit busy Jiang.
I don't think "for" on its own would sound right in that context (probably because "for reasons of" is such a strong collocation). But you can use "for" to express purpose/intention in some contexts: "I have to go there for my own things, so I might as well pick up your dry cleaning too", or "she warned me not to go for safety's sake" - in that case "for safety's sake" implies the reason "because it was too dangerous".
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