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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 2:35 am Post subject: adapt |
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1.He recognized the power of drama and adapted Shakespeare's play, such as Othello, to opera.
2.He recognized the power of drama and adapted Shakespeare's play, such as Othello, for opera. |
I saw #1 in a book, but I think that #2 is correct. So which one is more natural, #1 or #2?
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dragn
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:47 am Post subject: |
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1.He recognized the power of drama and adapted Shakespeare's play, such as Othello, to opera.
2.He recognized the power of drama and adapted Shakespeare's play, such as Othello, for opera. |
Things can be adapted to or for film, opera, etc. I wouldn't care to hazard a guess as to which is more common, but I know for a fact that both prepositions are widely used. I'll let others argue about which is more common.
There actually is a real problem in the original sentence, however (assuming you succeeded in copying it correctly). It makes no sense. It only makes sense if it reads plays (plural).
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