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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostJust been asked by a colleague:
Is it "the advice you've given is helpful for us" or "the advice you've given is helpful to us"
I think the former is better. helpful for <noun> and helpful to <verb>.
or you could say "the advice gives plenty much helpfulness"Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postto
or you could say "the advice gives plenty much helpfulness"I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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Originally posted by Francko View PostI have recently done a test like this and did 70 out of 80. However I am quite sure that most of you would have scored even less (with peaks like Milan who wouldn't guess a single one perhaps).Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postto
or you could say "the advice gives plenty much helpfulness"
to - sounds instinctively right.
however
"that was helpful for me" sounds the same as "that was helpful to me"Comment
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Originally posted by bobhope View Postwith much cheapness too.
to - sounds instinctively right.
however
"that was helpful for me" sounds the same as "that was helpful to me"
imagine you are having an S&M session with Lilly Allen , and as you are spanking her with a hair brush, her chains get all tangled up. You untangle them, clearly she would say "that was helpful for me" NOT "that was helpful to me"
I rest my case
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