ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: difference between of and for

Ant_222 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:36:51 GMT

Thank you, CJ and Marius. Sure I know whereof I speak ;) The formula does belong to immortality in the sence H2O belongs to water, so "of" is better. Many thanks.

Re: difference between of and for

CalifJim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:23:06 GMT

Ant_222
CJ, how would you translate an Anatoliy Dneprov's book's title — "The equation of (for) immortality". I'd go for "of"...

I don't advise translating a title until you've translated the whole book. In other words, a translator might have to know the contents of the book to decide which shade of meaning would be best to express that title in a foreign language. I assume you are familiar with the book and find of better than for. I'm willing to trust your judgment on this point.

Re: difference between of and for

Marius Hancu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:05:06 GMT

"The equation for immortality": the equation which prescribes how to attain immortality

"The equation of immortality": the equation which is proper to immortality, which can mean the above, or the equation to which you become familiar/know when reaching immortality, and perhaps other meanings

Re: difference between of and for

Ant_222 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:14:04 GMT

CJ, how would you translate an Anatoliy Dneprov's book's title — "The equation of (for) immortality". I'd go for "of"...

Re: difference between of and for

CalifJim — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:38 GMT

It's an equation for the data (for the purpose of describing the data) --

not an equation of the data. That would be an equation belonging to the data. What would that mean???

difference between of and for

Sooris — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:32:57 GMT

What is the difference between the two sentences?

Write the equation of the following data?

Write the equation for the following data?

Is there any significant difference between these two prepositions

here? Please help.

Sooris