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o_ma
15 mar 2015

  • Giapponese
  • Inglese (Regno Unito)
  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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Qual è la differenza tra hotel for e hotel on ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

When I reserve a room at the hotel on a certain day, which is the better sentence?
And give me the reason, please.
"Reserve a suit at the hotel for October 23th. "vs. "Reserve a suit at the hotel on October 23th."
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rb612
15 mar 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Use "on" here even though either will be accepted.
"For" is usually in exchange or acting on behalf of someone else. Example:
"I am reserving this suite for my friend."

"On" is used for something occurring on a specific date. You are going to the hotel ON the 23rd. That's why "on" is better.

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o_ma
15 mar 2015

  • Giapponese
Thank you!
So, this sentence is wrong?
This is a book about 'Find a "focus word" in a English sentence' for Japanese.
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rb612
15 mar 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

The sentence is not incorrect and will be understood by any native English speaker, but it isn't the perfect word choice.

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o_ma
15 mar 2015

  • Giapponese
Sorry, I can't upload a photo.
This said 'tomorrow, reserve a suit at the hotel for Friday, October 23th, please '
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o_ma
15 mar 2015

  • Giapponese
Oh really?
thank you!
Even in this sentence, 'on' is better than 'for'?
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rb612
15 mar 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Now that I think about it, "for" is actually better in this case. There's almost no difference. It's really complicated to explain the difference, I'm sorry. But here's how I see it:
You want a hotel ON the 23rd.

When do you want to stay at the hotel?
ON the 23rd.

You are reserving it FOR (in order to stay there) on the 23rd.

I'm booking a flight for next week.

Use "on" when talking about when you are doing the action (staying at a hotel, etc.) and "for" when you are planning to do the action (booking a flight, etc.)

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rb612
15 mar 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

You plan for something.
You do something on a certain day.

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o_ma
15 mar 2015

  • Giapponese
I think I understood it!
'FOR' is used to express goal or sake, and 'ON' is used to express a certain day in this case.
Thank you so much!
cyrustorz
15 mar 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

If you say "I'll reserve it on the 20th", that may sound like you are going to phone ON the 20th to reserve FOR a LATER date. "On" is ambiguous. If you say "for" it means that day itself will be reserved and (and you would probably phone before that date to reserve it)

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o_ma
15 mar 2015

  • Giapponese
Oh, I won't notice that you pointed out!!
Thank you very much😄
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