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Hello everyone, I want to learn that which sentence is correct? 'I'm preparing to move Germany.' or 'I'm preparing for moving Germany' If ... Forums Dictionarysearch: English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. 'preparefor'or'prepareto'? Threadstarter vera-sartre Startdate Jun25,2008 V vera-sartre NewMember Turkish-English Helloeveryone, Iwanttolearnthatwhichsentenceiscorrect? 'I'mpreparingtomoveGermany.' or 'I'mpreparingformovingGermany' Ifyouexplainmewhenweuse'preparefor'or'prepareto',Iwillbeglad Thankyoufornow. G GeorgeFrench SeniorMember English-UK vera-sartresaid: Helloeveryone, Iwanttolearnthatwhichsentenceiscorrect? 'I'mpreparingtomoveGermany.' or 'I'mpreparingformovingGermany' Ifyouexplainmewhenweuse'preparefor'or'prepareto',Iwillbeglad Thankyoufornow. Clicktoexpand... ItwillbeinterestingifyoucanmoveGermany! "IampreparingtomovetoGermany"isfineandsimpleandexplicit. GF... PS"Iwant(wouldlike)toknowwhichsentenceiscorrect"ismoreappropriate.Learningistheaction;butknowingisthestateyouwishtoachieve.... F FatLenny NewMember English-NewYork Thefirstsentencesoundssomewhatcorrecttome,however,youleftouttheword"to"inbothsentences.Thesentenceshouldread,"I'mpreparingtomovetoGermany."Althoughifyouwanttosay"I'mpreparingformovingtoGermany,"Iguessyoucouldsaythat.Itsoundsabitawkwardtome. InEnglish,whenonepreparesforsomething,thenanounfollows.Forexample,onewouldsay,"Iampreparingfortheworst-casescenario,"not,"Iampreparingtotheworst-casescenario." Ontheotherhand,preparingtodosomethingalwaysprecedesaverb.Thus,"IampreparingtomovetoGermany,"not,"IampreparingformovetoGermany". Ofcourse,incertaindialects,thoughthisisnon-standardandyoushouldn'tuseit,peoplewillusebothofthesetogether.Anexamplewouldbe,"Wearepreparingfortogo." Andforyoursentence,"Ifyouexplainmewhenweuse'preparefor'or'prepareto',Iwillbeglad,"therearesomecorrectionstobemade."Ifyouwouldexplaintomewhenoneuses"preparefor"or"prepareto",Iwouldbeglad"soundsbettertome. Lastedited:Jun25,2008 liliput SeniorMember Spain U.K.English ContinuingfromFatLenny'spoint,youcansayeither: I'mpreparingtomovetoGermany or I'mpreparingforthe/my/ourmovetoGermany "I'mpreparingformoving"isnotidiomatic. V vera-sartre NewMember Turkish-English Thankyouverymuchforyourhelp Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top
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Hello everyone, I want to learn that which sentence is correct? 'I'm preparing to move Germany.' ...
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