http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htm#696783Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:56:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:696783Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htm#696783http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-696783.xmlI don&#39;t object to &quot;for a date&quot; although &quot;on a date&quot; is more common. &quot;For a nice night out&quot; would be perfect. It&#39;s very idiomatic - sometimes one will sound right and the other wrong, sometimes one will sound better, and sometimes both will sound okay.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htm#696507Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:54:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:696507Skittles1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htm#696507http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-696507.xmlI do not really have an example The question stems from a writing &#39;a fine place to go for a date&#39;, I was corrected and told it should be &#39;on a date&#39;. However I feel in this case &#39;for a date&#39; is better English. I have been thinking of other examples &#39;go for an appointment&#39;, you would not write &#39;go on an appointment&#39; or go on a meeting&#39;, yet &#39;go for and on a visit&#39; both fit.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htm#696493Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:34:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:696493Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htm#696493http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-696493.xmlPrepositions are very hard. &quot;For&quot; tells you what purpose. I&#39;m just here for a quick visit. It&#39;s always easiest if you give a full sentence. It won&#39;t change based on tense.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htmFri, 10 Apr 2009 23:43:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:696481Skittles3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenToUseForAndOn/wzmqw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-696481.xmlIts 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 &#39;on a visit&#39; and when would I use &#39;for a visit&#39;. 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?