{"id":4059,"date":"2019-02-10T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2019-05-20T16:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T07:34:45","slug":"jacek-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/jacek-5\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3053\u308c\u3067\u3082\u3046\u8ff7\u308f\u306a\u3044\uff01\u66dc\u65e5\u306e\u524d\u306b\u3064\u3051\u308b\u201dfor\u201d\u3068\u201don”\u306e\u9055\u3044\u3002"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, it’s Jacek!<\/span><\/p>\n

This time I am going to present another issue I tend to encounter when revising assignments. It appears to be pretty simple, yet, it may also be a bit tricky.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s the preposition \u201cfor\u201d when it’s required to be used before nouns that represent time (single moment or period) instead of a regular time preposition such as \u201con\u201d or \u201cin\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this type of context, \u201cfor\u201d often appears with verbs that describe some sort of planning, e.g., \u201cto plan\u201d, \u201cto schedule\u201d, \u201cto reserve\u201d, \u201cto make a reservation\u201d, \u201cto book\u201d, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s see couple of examples with a regular preposition of time:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u201cI am going to a restaurant on Friday.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2. \u201cI made a restaurant reservation on Friday.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

They are both grammatically correct but have different meanings.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 1st case, \u201con Friday\u201d modifies the verb \u201cgo\u201d, while in the latter case \u201con Friday\u201d modifies the process \u201cmake a reservation\u201d (here it’s not clear when the person is actually going to that restaurant). We have “go on Friday” vs. “make a reservation on Friday” (go there on some other day; the day decided in that process of making a reservation).<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, let’s replace \u201con\u201d with \u201cfor\u201d in the 2nd example:<\/span><\/p>\n

3. \u201cI’ve made a restaurant reservation for Friday.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This time \u201cFriday\u201d is used as a target day in the process \u201cmake a reservation\u201d and essentially tells us the person will go to that restaurant on Friday, which in this sense agrees with the info we had earlier the 1st example.<\/span><\/p>\n

While No. 2 is obviously a grammatically proper construction, in practice, No. 3 might be the right form for what the student has in mind when saying that.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here is a different example:<\/span><\/p>\n

4. \u201cThe meeting has been scheduled for Monday.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

5. \u201cThe meeting has been scheduled to be held on Monday.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here, both sentences are correct and convey exactly the same meaning. <\/span><\/p>\n

We have \u201cfor\u201d in No. 4 because \u201cMonday\u201d is the target day in the process of scheduling\/planning that meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s \u201con\u201d in No. 5 because \u201cMonday\u201d is the actual time\/day of the process \u201cheld\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As you can see, it all depends on what that final time noun (here \u201cFriday\u201d or \u201cMonday\u201d) is used for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I’ll end with few more pairs of examples that convey the same info about the time of an action\/event:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to a dentist on the 14th\u201d or \u201cI’ve made a dentist appointment for the 14th \u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMy package was scheduled to arrive on Monday\u201d or \u201dThe delivery of my package was scheduled for Monday”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve booked a flight to Osaka for May” or \u201dI am flying to Osaka in May”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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