When to use 'to' and 'for'

[yinjo]

Hi,

I do not really understand when to use 'to' or 'for' in a sentence. Let say, should it be: “we need to create a record to maintain some information.” or “we need to create a record for maintaining some information.” ?? And why????

Two example sentences are shown below:

First, the customer service representative needed to create an identify record to maintain demographic data of the customer. Second ......

or we should write like this:

First, the customer service representative needed to create an identify record for maintaining demographic data of the customer. Second ......


Your help will be mostly appreciated.



Thanks a lot,
Jo

[Raymott]

Hi,

I do not really understand when to use 'to' or 'for' in a sentence. Let say, should it be: “we need to create a record to maintain some information.” or “we need to create a record for maintaining some information.” ?? And why????

Two example sentences are shown below:

First, the customer service representative needed to create an identify record to maintain demographic data of the customer. Second ......

or we should write like this:

First, the customer service representative needed to create an identify record for maintaining demographic data of the customer. Second ......


Your help will be mostly appreciated.



Thanks a lot,
Jo

In this case, you could use either.
You might like to search for some of the many threads that deal with this gerund "verbing" vs infinitive "to verb" problem. Search under "-ing".