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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3616.28671)</generator><item><title>Re: difficult for/to someone</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultForToSomeone/zvvnh/post.htm#439275</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:25:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:439275</guid><dc:creator>Terryxpress</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultForToSomeone/zvvnh/post.htm#439275</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-439275.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>something is difficult to do, whereas something is difficult for a person to do. the second sentence is correct, and in full, would be: This test is too difficult for 10 year-olds to do (but we usually leave out the "to do")</description></item><item><title>Re: difficult for/to someone</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultForToSomeone/zvvnh/post.htm#438645</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:25:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:438645</guid><dc:creator>Yankee</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultForToSomeone/zvvnh/post.htm#438645</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-438645.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi Teo Sentence 1 is not a sentence I would expect to hear.</description></item><item><title>difficult for/to someone</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultForToSomeone/zvvnh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:25:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:438641</guid><dc:creator>Teo</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultForToSomeone/zvvnh/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-438641.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>1. The questions on this paper are too difficult to 10-year-olds. 2. The questions on this paper are too difficult for 10-year-olds. Which of the above sentences is not acceptable?</description></item></channel></rss>