ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: There will be a reward for/to those who offer their help.

Angliholic — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:15:43 GMT

Thanks, Badegine.

Wow, linguistically, you're awesome!!!

Re: There will be a reward for/to those who offer their help.

Avangi — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:05:58 GMT

There will be a reward offered / given to those who help.

There will be flowers for the bridesmaids. What can we say? The preposition shows the relationship between the words which follow, and some previous part of the sentence.

You can argue about whether the reward is for the person or for the help. I paid twenty dollars for a pair of shoes.

Edit. Sorry, I got interrupted in the middle of posting.

Re: There will be a reward for/to those who offer their help.

badegine — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:52:46 GMT

Yes - on an interpretationary level it means the same thing: 'for' references the person who will be given a reward because he offered help, and 'to' does the same.

Linguistically, however, they aren't as equal. Whereas 'for' doesn't require explanation with a verb [making the original sentence correct], 'to' does - if you're using 'to', it has to be phrased like this:

'The will be a reward given/donated/offered/etc. to those who offer their help.'

Hope that helps.

Now...since I've offered my help, what about that reward?

There will be a reward for/to those who offer their help.

Angliholic — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:45:08 GMT

There will be a reward for those who offer their help.

Hi,

Is it correct to interpret "for" in the above as "to?" If not, what does it refer to? Thanks.