English prepositions

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== For ==
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The preposition "for" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
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!English
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|Aim or purpose
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|pur
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|trained for the ministry, put the house up for sale
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|pur(trained, ministry)
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|-
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|Destination
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|to
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|headed off for town
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|to(headed off, town)
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|Object of a desire, intention or perception
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|obj
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|eager for success
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|obj(eager, success)
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|Recipient (direction, addressee) of an action
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|gol
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|prepared lunch for us
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|gol(prepared, us)
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|Beneficiary of an action
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|ben
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|He did it for us
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|ben(did, us)
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|-
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|Duration
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|dur
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|stood in line for an hour
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|dur(stood, hour)
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|On behalf of, in favor of, in place of
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|man
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|spoke for all members
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|man(spoke, members.@for)
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|Amount, extent
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|man
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|a bill for five dollars; walked for miles;
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|man(bill, dollars.@for)
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|As being
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|man
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|mistook me for the librarian
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|man(mistook, librarian.@for)
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== In ==
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== Of ==
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== To ==

Revision as of 23:56, 26 July 2012

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The preposition "for" may have, in English, several values, as follows:

Value UNL Examples
English UNL
Aim or purpose pur trained for the ministry, put the house up for sale pur(trained, ministry)
Destination to headed off for town to(headed off, town)
Object of a desire, intention or perception obj eager for success obj(eager, success)
Recipient (direction, addressee) of an action gol prepared lunch for us gol(prepared, us)
Beneficiary of an action ben He did it for us ben(did, us)
Duration dur stood in line for an hour dur(stood, hour)
On behalf of, in favor of, in place of man spoke for all members man(spoke, members.@for)
Amount, extent man a bill for five dollars; walked for miles; man(bill, dollars.@for)
As being man mistook me for the librarian man(mistook, librarian.@for)

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