dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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 Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:10 am Post subject: |
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He invite me to dinner.
He invites me for dinner.
I looked up the dictionary. It says invite...to
Q1:In this case, can we use invite...for?
Q2:Any difference between them? |
Here's what I know.
There are two basic situations:
1. He is inviting me to a restaurant to have dinner.
In this case, two common sentences would be...
He invited me to dinner.
He invited me out to dinner.
2. He is inviting me to his home to have dinner.
In this case, two common sentences would be...
He invited me to dinner.
He invited me over for dinner.
That's not a typo...we might use the same sentence for either situation. Of course, in the context of the conversation, there is probably little possibility for confusion. If there is any need to emphasize which case is meant, the prepositions out and over are often used to clarify things.
I have seldom heard people just say "He invited me for dinner." If I did, however, I wouldn't be 100 percent sure which situation was the intended meaning. It would have to clear from the context.
Naturally there are many other variations, but most leave very little to doubt.
Hope this helps.
Greg |
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