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a source of pride "to" or "for"?

English translation: a source of pride FOR sy.

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English term or phrase:a source of pride \"to\" or \"for\"?
Selected answer:a source of pride FOR sy.
Entered by: María Eugenia Wachtendorff

02:48 Nov 24, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: a source of pride "to" or "for"?
Prepositions, prepositions...

"The CEO rated this achievement as a source of pride _ all employees."

Thanks in advance for your valuable help!
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 05:27
a source of pride FOR sy.
Explanation:
Eg. "...the mainstream is a source of pride for us, the employees of the company."
"...last five quarters—a great source of pride for all."
"...a scholar athlete program that is a source of pride for parents."
Selected response from:

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 02:27
Grading comment
THANK YOU!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +16a source of pride FOR sy.
Ildiko Santana
Summary of reference entries provided
The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations
Robert Kleemaier

Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +16
a source of pride FOR sy.


Explanation:
Eg. "...the mainstream is a source of pride for us, the employees of the company."
"...last five quarters—a great source of pride for all."
"...a scholar athlete program that is a source of pride for parents."

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 02:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
THANK YOU!!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much, ildiko! :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rocio Barrientos
0 min
agree  Stephanie Ezrol
22 mins
agree  kolya
33 mins
agree  Joyce A
54 mins
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
1 hr
agree  Robert Forstag: Although the sentence would look a lot better if it were restructured to eliminated such awkward phrasing. Along the lines of: The CEO felt that this was an achievmement in which all of the employees could take pride....
2 hrs
agree  Edith Kelly: with Robert
2 hrs
agree  Demi Ebrite
2 hrs
agree  Jack Doughty: Robert's is OK too, but would reduce to "...all employees..."
4 hrs
agree  Sarah Bessioud
5 hrs
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): agree with Robert and Jack.
5 hrs
agree  English2Korean
7 hrs
agree  Vicky Nash
9 hrs
agree  Phong Le
12 hrs
agree  Rolf Keiser
14 hrs
agree  Liam Hamilton
15 hrs
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Reference comments


3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations

Reference information:
by Benson, Bension & Ilson. I've got the revised edition from 1997, but this is THE work for tricky stuff like this. It's an absolute must-have for your personal library. HTH. Cheers, R.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-11-24 06:25:18 GMT)
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Oops, it should read 'Benson, Benson & Ilson'.


    Reference: http://www.librarything.com/work/612998
    Reference: http://www.amazon.com/Bbi-Dictionary-English-Word-Combinatio...
Robert Kleemaier
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you very much, Robert!! and Jane, too :))


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  JaneTranslates: Yes, yes, yes!
6 hrs
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