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[dido4]

1.It is difficult for me to stuy math.
2.It sounds good to me.

I am confused when to use to or for.

Q1:Can we rewrite #1 as the following:
It is difficult to me to study math.

Q2:Can we rewrite #2 as the following:
It sounds good for me. [i]

Q3:Is there any difference between to and for?

Because I am confused with these two.

Thank you

[CP]

1. "It is difficult for me to study math." [Spelling counts.] OK.
But: "It is difficult to me to study math." Not correct.

2. "It sounds good to me." OK. Means I agree with it, or it sounds right to me.
But: "It sounds good for me" does not mean the same thing. When something is good for me, it is healthful, or helpful, or what I need. When something is bad for me, it is the opposite--unhealthful, unhelpful, or what I do not need.
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