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What's the difference between " arrange for" and " arrange" ?
When I say," I arranged for a taxi." is the meaning different from " I arranged a taxi"? There are a lot more, like " arrnage for a meeting " and "arrange a meeting " or " arrange for the payment " and " arrange the payment" or " arrange for a babysitter" and arrange a babysitter". I'd like to know if there's any difference between two. Thank you.
18 de feb. de 2013 3:32
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Definition of "For":
A representation to a means.
[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/for]
If you arraigned for a taxi, you scheduled a taxi, arraigned the means/mode/function/activity of taking a taxi. May be you told the taxi exactly where to go for the foreigner.
If you only arraigned a taxi, you arraigned the mode, a taxi, at the simplest level. May be you just whistled or called a taxi and the taxi came. The taxi might not even know who to pick up. It just came because you told it to with no other instruction.
To call for a meeting means that you have given the meeting some thought and perhaps have an agenda/schedule.
If you call a meeting, again, this is at the simplest/lowest level. You might have just said "lets have a meeting" and the people attending would not know exactly what is to be discussed, for how long, nor by whom.
The word "For" is a preposition.
A preposition gives direction "that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, [means by]..."
[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/preposition?s=t]
18 de febrero de 2013
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Hi! :) Actually, in the examples you've given, there is little to no difference between the two.
There can be a difference, but only when the "thing" in your sentence could be "arranged" as in repositioned, or "arranged" as in scheduled. Example:
1) I arranged for flowers to be delivered to her home.
2) I arranged flowers for the afternoon delivery.
The first sentence means that you scheduled a delivery of flowers. The second sentence means that you actually positioned the flowers in a vase or basket for a delivery.
Does that make sense?
18 de febrero de 2013
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