Nef
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Posts: 187
Location: California, USA
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 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Sometimes there doesn't seem to be any important difference.
For instance, "To me (or for me), that story showed that history really does repeat itself." Either expression works here and means about the same thing. (What I thought the story was showing is that history repeats itself.)
But there also are cases when one expression is appropriate and the other is not. I'll mention a couple of differences that occur to me right now. I'm sure there are others.
"For me" sometimes can be used to indicate that I can gain something. ("What's in it for me?") Substituting the expression "What's in it to me?" just doesn't make sense here.
Similarly, "Why did you do that for me?" might be asking why someone did me a favor, but "Why did you do that to me?" could be asking why someone did something I found unpleasant! |
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