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Marlene007  #318435  Mon, 22 Jan 07 03:32 PM
Hello!

What's the difference between right to and right for?

Am I right when I use right to with a verb and right for with a noun?

She has a right to decide.
She has a right for choice.

I have often seen that right to is also used with a noun, and that's why I am confused.


  
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Philip  #318440  Mon, 22 Jan 07 03:43 PM
 Marlene007 wrote:
Hello!

What's the difference between right to and right for?

Am I right when I use right to with a verb and right for with a noun?

She has a right to decide.
She has a right for choice.

I have often seen that right to is also used with a noun, and that's why I am confused.


This sounds very odd to my native ear.
  
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Lil' Ruby Rose  #318444  Mon, 22 Jan 07 03:45 PM

"She has a right for choice" is not correct in British English.

She has a right to choose.

She has a right to make a choice.

She has a right to a choice.

  
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