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Congratulations on or for?

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:04 pm
by Metamorfose
(1) Congratulations on/for your new job.

I always thought that it was 'for', some people told me 'on' and also in my Cambridge dictionary I found 'on', but is 'for' also possible?

José

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:39 pm
by joshua2004
It is not common to say "for" in that situation.