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Angliholic
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Sun, 16 Dec 07 12:30 PM
If you don't exercise regularly and eat right then you are at risk of/for heart disease.
Do both of and for fit in the above and mean about the same? Thanks.
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Yankee
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Sun, 16 Dec 07 12:53 PM
Hi Angliholic Yes, both are used and mean the same thing.
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Philip
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Sun, 16 Dec 07 02:43 PM
 Yankee wrote: | Hi Angliholic
Yes, both are used and mean the same thing.
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I've never heard 'for', but I'll take your word for it.
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Yankee
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Sun, 16 Dec 07 03:37 PM
| Philip wrote: | | Yankee wrote: | Hi Angliholic
Yes, both are used and mean the same thing.
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I've never heard 'for', but I'll take your word for it. |
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Personally, I prefer 'of', but I've heard 'for' used often enough that it seems there are quite a few people who don't share my preference.
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Avangi
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Mon, 17 Dec 07 02:57 AM
Me too!
Maybe it's a gringo thing or a doctor thing - "risk factors" "How many of these are you at risk for?" I hear it a lot because I'm at risk for all of 'em. (Doctors are too busy to worry about grammar.)
- A.
Edit. Sorry, I got that wrong. Smoking and high cholesterol are risk factors; stroke and heart attack are what you're at risk for/of.
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Hoa Thai
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Mon, 17 Dec 07 09:13 AM
| Yankee wrote: | | Philip wrote: | | Yankee wrote: | Hi Angliholic
Yes, both are used and mean the same thing.
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I've never heard 'for', but I'll take your word for it. |
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Personally, I prefer 'of', but I've heard 'for' used often enough that it seems there are quite a few people who don't share my preference.
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Hi, I use of too. But as Amy said, there are also many people use for. Google search for 'risk of a heart attack' yields 147,000 hits, 43,000 for 'risk for a heart attack'. Best Regards, Hoa Thai
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Angliholic
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Mon, 17 Dec 07 01:59 PM
| Avangi wrote: | |
Me too!
Maybe it's a gringo thing or a doctor thing - "risk factors" "How many of these are you at risk for?" I hear it a lot because I'm at risk for all of 'em. (Doctors are too busy to worry about grammar.) Hi, what do you mean by "a gringa thing?"
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Edit. Sorry, I got that wrong. Smoking and high cholesterol are risk factors; stroke and heart attack are what you're at risk for/of.
Hi, I am all at seas about this; what do you mean by this?
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Thanks, Avangi.
What you descirbed is all Greek to me? Would you be kind enough to say it again in other words? Thanks.
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