[Vocabulary] head for/ head to ????????

[michael147]

1. What is the difference between "head for" and "head to"?

I got a bit confused.

2. The following sentence.

Heading for/to a visually near hill even with no pause will drain out a fast and stout horse.

For/to, which one is correct, why? If they both are correct, is there any differences between them?



The answers would be appreciated.

 

[Rover_KE]

Hmm. Where do I start with this one?

First of all, you don't need eight question marks - not even one.

1. See the first of the Similar Threads below.

2. Where did you read that weird sentence? If you wrote it yourself, why?

'Very appreciate the answers' is not good English. You could say 'Answers will be appreciated'.

Rover

 

[michael147]

Hmm. Where do I start with this one?

First of all, you don't need eight question marks - not even one.

1. See the first of the Similar Threads below.

2. Where did you read that weird sentence? If you wrote it yourself, why?

'Very appreciate the answers' is not good English. You could say 'Answers will be appreciated'.

Rover

I didn't write this sentence. I'm helping a friend to figure out this problem. He is translating a Chinese old saying. So, that is what he wanted to say. But he and I are both confused by these two phrases.

 

[bhaisahab]

I didn't write this sentence. I'm helping a friend to figure out this problem. He is translating a Chinese old saying. So, that is what he wanted to say. But he and I are both confused by these two phrases.

"Heading for/to a visually near hill even with no pause will drain out a fast and stout horse."
Whether you use "for" or "to" the sentence is meaningless.

 

[michael147]

I see your point. I don't have an idea about what that means too. What he is trying to say is that "It seems so close, but it's actually very far." My advice is "It is not that close as it seems." I don't even see any connections between this weird sentence and the meaning of that old saying in English. So, how to say this in a literary way??

 

[bhaisahab]

I see your point. I don't have an idea about what that means too. What he is trying to say is that "It seems so close, but it's actually very far." My advice is "It is not that close as it seems." I don't even see any connections between this weird sentence and the meaning of that old saying in English. So, how to say this in a literary way??

"It's not as close as it seems." Is this what you are trying to say?

 

[michael147]

"It's not as close as it seems." Is this what you are trying to say?

Yes. I want to say it in a literary way.