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Bookmark or Share- For me/to me, which is correct or better in these examples?It's very important for me/to me to study abroad. For me/to me all that matters is how much it will cost. You are the most beautiful girl, at least for me/to me. Living in our house is just unbearable for me/to me. As an ELL, I have to make sentences in a way like assemblying parts.
- What is the difference between "me neither" and "me either"?Me either is more common in most of the US. I think me neither is more normal in most of Canada and in the UK. You'd be surprised, though, how people react to this bit of dialectal variation. You'll find rather vocal people who despise me either and can't imagine it being said, even though it's extremely common. Both are fine, though―most ...
- Difference between "It's fine with me" and "it's fine to me"?That's fine with me. This means Rachel has no objections to starting piano lessons in the fall. Rachel should not answer, "That's fine to me," because, idiomatically, to is not the preposition to use in this context. However, Rachel could say: That sounds fine to me. We frequently find the phrase fine to me after verbs like sounds or looks.
- Does "as to me" mean "as for me"? Does this phrase exist?Linda speaks as much to herself as to me. In this example, we're comparing how much Linda speaks to two different people: herself and me. In this sort of example it would be grammatical and make sense, but it isn't anything like as for me and isn't something people say particularly often. So it can be grammatical, but your example doesn't work:
- Should I write "X and I", "X and me", "I and X", or "me and X" in a ...Samuel was with Susan and me; Samuel was with I and Susan; Samuel was with me and Susan; None of these; Now I vaguely remember a rule of thumb from my school days. That is "2-3-1" i.e. where all the persons are acting in a sentence, second person comes first, then third person and it is followed by first person.
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