"To you" or "for you?"

[cleung]

In the sentence below, I'd choose "to you" but am not too sure. Any advice for me? (not to me, I suppose.)

My advice to you (for you) is that you should get the report done as soon as possible.

[Fazzu]

I think if you were to use 'for you' here,you should say:
'My advice for you is to get the report done as soon as possible'.

Hope I am right.

[whitemoon]

Originally Posted by cleung

In the sentence below, I'd choose "to you" but am not too sure. Any advice for me? (not to me, I suppose.)

My advice to you (for you) is that you should get the report done as soon as possible.

I think you had better write:
"I advise that you should get the report done as soon as possible."
Have a good day!

[mykwyner]

Use either. In this sentence, but not necessarily in others, there is no difference between the two.

"To you" is more common in the dialect I speak, but I wouldn't notice it if someone said "for you."

[riverkid]

I agree with Mykwyner. In this situation, it wouldn't matter though I'll suggest that 'for' has a slightly more emotive sense; 'for you' often, [always?] entails a benefit. '

I'll suggest too, that to' is more neutral, more a preposition of direction.