both for .... and for...

[HifaMo]

Please, which one is better?


-He was highly respected for both his qualifications and for his helpfulness.

-He was highly respected for both his qualifications and his helpfulness.


Thanks.

 

[BobK]

The second (after adding -ed to 'respect'). (And the first is wrong.)

You could also write:

He was highly respected for both his qualifications and his helpfulness.

And if you want to know why, think about parallelism. ;-)

b