[Vocabulary] strange to or for me?

[Will17]

Hello!

Which preposition is correct in this case, please? :

"Her behaviour is really strange for me/ to me."

Thank you
Will

 

[SoothingDave]

Her behavior seems strange to me.

 

[Will17]

THank you.

What about "running is very tiring to me /for me"?

Thank you

Will

 

[BobK]

:up: The preposition for makes 'me' the subject of some other action:

It is strange for me to be at home again after so long abroad.

Note SD's verb: 'seems.... to me'. When you use 'is', your listeners expect a sentence like the one in my example.


[Footballing_Aside]
There is a cliche used frequently by sports commentators: 'for me' = 'in my opinion'. So you might get something like 'For me that was a clear sending off' [=I think the player should have been sent off]
[/FA]

b

 

[SoothingDave]

I would say "for me," but I think it could go either way.

 

[birdeen's call]

There are very few occurrences of both

tiring for + pronoun

and

tiring to + pronoun

in BYU corpora.

 

[Route21]

Hi BobK

Should BYU join the list of underlined, defined acronyms?

R21

 

[birdeen's call]

Should BYU join the list of underlined, defined acronyms?

BYU stands for Birmingham Youth University. Four large corpora are to be found at this address: http://corpus.byu.edu/. I'm not sure if other people call them BYU corpora. I call them that because I don't know a better term.

 

[Route21]

Many thanks BC - I didn't recognise the term.
Best regards
R21

 

[riquecohen]

That is Brigham Young University in Utah.

 

[birdeen's call]

That is Brigham Young University in Utah.

Oh, right. Sorry...

 

[Route21]

That may be another good reason to add it to the acronyms!:lol:
R21

 

[BobK]

The clue's in the place - Salt Lake City. Briham Young was an influential Mormon. There was a joke during his lifetime: 'In Utah, most of the girls marry Young'.

b