I though:
apply to a place / person
apply for a thing / position / loan / ..
But in the following sentence I have seen:
The theory has been applied satisfactorily to hard-rod system
what I understand is that the theory has been used to study hard-rod systems.
Then I will put apply for instead of apply to, why is in this case apply to?
apply to a place / person
apply for a thing / position / loan / ..
But in the following sentence I have seen:
The theory has been applied satisfactorily to hard-rod system
what I understand is that the theory has been used to study hard-rod systems.
Then I will put apply for instead of apply to, why is in this case apply to?