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Useful to or for me?
What is the right thing to say: it is useful to me or for me?
Thanks in advance.
Jul 26, 2020 9:53 AM
Answers · 4
It depends what the object is that is being useful ... a tool is useful to you... an activity like exercise is useful for you
July 26, 2020
It depends what the object is that is being useful ... a tool is useful to you... an activity like exercise is useful for you
July 26, 2020
This's nice! Thank you!
July 26, 2020
Either works :) Perhaps "useful to" would be a good first choice :)
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=useful+to+me%2Cuseful+for+me&corpus=26&year_end=2019&year_start=1800&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cuseful%20to%20me%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cuseful%20for%20me%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cuseful%20to%20me%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cuseful%20for%20me%3B%2Cc0
July 26, 2020
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