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Message from a_limon posted on 06-06-2012 at 14:44:01 (D | E | F)
Hello!
One question more came to me in process of learning English. I look to your help again.
Which preposition, "of" or "for" must follow first in the sentences?
1)I built this house for you of wood.(wrong)
2)He often told the fairy tale for his little children of The Snow Queen. (wrong)
I think that these sentences are incorrect.We must write
1)I built this house of wood for you.
2)He often told the fairy tale of The Snow Queen for his little children
But on the other hand, one could write;"He often told the fairy tale for the children of "The Snow Queen." (I mean "The Snow Queen" is the name of the group) Also, as I think, we could write:"I made this toy for you, of wood.",if only we use comma after the prepositional complement "for the children".
I hope you'll help me to clear this question.
Thank you in advance.
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Edited by lucile83 on 06-06-2012 17:50
Title and layout.
Message from a_limon posted on 06-06-2012 at 14:44:01 (D | E | F)
Hello!
One question more came to me in process of learning English. I look to your help again.
Which preposition, "of" or "for" must follow first in the sentences?
1)I built this house for you of wood.(wrong)
2)He often told the fairy tale for his little children of The Snow Queen. (wrong)
I think that these sentences are incorrect.We must write
1)I built this house of wood for you.
2)He often told the fairy tale of The Snow Queen for his little children
But on the other hand, one could write;"He often told the fairy tale for the children of "The Snow Queen." (I mean "The Snow Queen" is the name of the group) Also, as I think, we could write:"I made this toy for you, of wood.",if only we use comma after the prepositional complement "for the children".
I hope you'll help me to clear this question.
Thank you in advance.
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Edited by lucile83 on 06-06-2012 17:50
Title and layout.
Re: Of or For/order from gerondif, posted on 06-06-2012 at 14:57:22 (D | E)
Hello,
I sometimes have the feeling you put English sentences in a washing machine !!
The natural way to express these ideas would be:
1) I built this wooden house for you.I built this house out of wood for you.
2) He often told the "Snow Queen" fairy Tale to his children.
He often told his children the Snow Queen fairy Tale.
Otherwise, Yes, of would come first and for would come last.
"I made this toy for you, out of wood." is possible, if you had forgotten first to tell him it was out of wood.
Re: Of or For/order from a_limon, posted on 06-06-2012 at 15:44:26 (D | E)
Hi,gerondif!
I sometimes have the feeling you put English sentences in a washing machine !! ha,ha!
Tell me please,whether we must use the particle "out" when the verb is in a passive voice.
This house is built (made) of wood.(in contrast of the verb in active voice."They built this house out of wood")
He often told the "Snow Queen" fairy Tale to his children.
He often told his children the Snow Queen fairy Tale. Tell me please why saying "fairy Tale of (or maybe,"about")the Snow Queen" seems not usual. It is not modern way to say?
Re: Of or For/order from gerondif, posted on 06-06-2012 at 18:04:54 (D | E)
Hello,
in the dictionary on line :
The model airplane was made out of balsa wood.
of sounds bizarre, it doesn't "belong to"
"called" would be better
He often read the fairy tale called/ entitled/ "Snow Queen" to his children.
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