Can the underlined 'for' be removed?[Image]

In my opinion, you can't without a loss of subtlety. For to supply her loss = because to supply her loss. This links the following words directly as the cause of the change in his home. Without 'for', we know what he did and why he did it but there is no direct explanatory link back to the change in his home. A very subtle difference, but Jane Austen was a very subtle writer.

Can the underlined 'for' be removed?

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Can the underlined 'for' be removed?

24 янв. 2026 г., 11:22

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Yes, that is an older style of word usage from Jane Austen's time period.

24 янв. 2026 г., 14:35

for 是介词，这儿的意思是“为了…” （表示目的），按照正规英语语法， for 是介词，后面接动词时用动名词短语形式(for supplying her loss)，而for后面不能接不定式短语(for to supply her loss)，但是古代旧英语在当时可以那样使用。注意: to supply her loss是不定式短语，for to supply her loss = in order to supply her loss.

25 янв. 2026 г., 17:05