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Are “to” and “for” used indistinctly? I was reading Dickens's A Christmas Carol and came across a phrase which says “...and to the secret joy of Scrooge's nephew, beat her sisters hollow”. Could “for” be used there instead of “to”?
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Are “to” and “for” used indistinctly? I was reading Dickens's A Christmas Carol and came across a phrase which says “...and to the secret joy of Scrooge's nephew, beat her sisters hollow”. Could “for” be used there instead of “to”?
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To the joy of means that it caused him to feel pleased. For the joy of is not very idiomatic, but would mean that (whatever it was) was done in order to please him (so his joy would not have been secret).
– Kate Bunting
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Are “to” and “for” used indistinctly? I was reading Dickens's A Christmas Carol and came across a phrase which says “...and to the secret joy of Scrooge's nephew, beat her sisters hollow”. Could “for” be used there instead of “to”?
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Are “to” and “for” used indistinctly? I was reading Dickens's A Christmas Carol and came across a phrase which says “...and to the secret joy of Scrooge's nephew, beat her sisters hollow”. Could “for” be used there instead of “to”?
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To the joy of means that it caused him to feel pleased. For the joy of is not very idiomatic, but would mean that (whatever it was) was done in order to please him (so his joy would not have been secret).
– Kate Bunting
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To the joy of means that it caused him to feel pleased. For the joy of is not very idiomatic, but would mean that (whatever it was) was done in order to please him (so his joy would not have been secret).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
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To the joy of means that it caused him to feel pleased. For the joy of is not very idiomatic, but would mean that (whatever it was) was done in order to please him (so his joy would not have been secret).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
To the joy of means that it caused him to feel pleased. For the joy of is not very idiomatic, but would mean that (whatever it was) was done in order to please him (so his joy would not have been secret).
– Kate Bunting
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To the joy of means that it caused him to feel pleased. For the joy of is not very idiomatic, but would mean that (whatever it was) was done in order to please him (so his joy would not have been secret).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago