Skittles  +  696481 Sat, 11 Apr 09 12:43 AM Its really to do with a question I posted earlier. Could someone explain when to use For and On Example would be when would I use 'on a visit' and when would I use 'for a visit'. Would I be right to assume that if it is current or present its on. If it is the future or past it is for? Skittles Joined on Thu, Apr 2 2009 New Member 09

	Grammar Geek  +  696493 Sat, 11 Apr 09 01:34 AM Prepositions are very hard.   "For" tells you what purpose. I'm just here for a quick visit.   It's always easiest if you give a full sentence. It won't change based on tense.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Prepositions, Tenses, Sentences

	Skittles  +  696507 Sat, 11 Apr 09 02:54 AM I do not really have an example The question stems from a writing 'a fine place to go for a date', I was corrected and told it should be 'on a date'. However I feel in this case 'for a date' is better English. I have been thinking of other examples 'go for an appointment', you would not write 'go on an appointment' or go on a meeting', yet 'go for and on a visit' both fit. Skittles Dates, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Grammar Geek  +  696783 Sun, 12 Apr 09 03:56 AM I don't object to "for a date" although "on a date" is more common. "For a nice night out" would be perfect.   It's very idiomatic - sometimes one will sound right and the other wrong, sometimes one will sound better, and sometimes both will sound okay.     Grammar Geek Dates, Countries, France