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"To me / For me" regarding personal opinions (self.english)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Crul to c/[email protected]

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Prepositions are hard, and these are the ones that confuse me the most:

It seems (...) [to / for] me
It looks like (...) [to / for] me
It feels (...) [to / for] me
It sounds like (...) [to / for] me
(...) makes more sense [to / for] me

Questions:

Are both valid?
- If both are valid; is there any nuance as to which to use?
- If they aren't: is there a general rule or is it a case-by-case (as it usually is with prepositions)?

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As a native English speaker it always blows my mind when people explain the unwritten rules. I know there's a reason some things sound more "proper" than others but just think "that's the way it is" without understanding the core reasoning. I feel like I had an epiphany after reading this lol