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Time to or Time for? #1 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 16:22 pm   Time to or Time for?
 

Hi,

What is better?

1- I need some time -----myself. ( to/ for)

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Time to or Time for? #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 17:16 pm   Time to or Time for?
 

Hi Tom

I'd probably say "I need some time to myself". But I think you can use either "to" or "for" in your sentence.

My personal feeling is:
- Using the word "to" indicates "time alone".
- Using the word "for" could also indicate "alone", but not necessarily. It could also mean "time doing things that I want to do but there might also be other people doing them with me. The main thing is, I do things I want to do, and not things that I have to do or that somebody else wants (me) to do."

Maybe somebody else will also give their opinion here.

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