Rhea446 wrote:
pqhai wrote:
Rhea446 wrote:
Between the two sentences mentioned below, which one is correct and why. A detailed explanation would be appreciated.
1. Would you sacrifice a lot of money for going to Europe?
2. Would you sacrifice a lot of money to go to Europe?
Cheers-
Rhea
1. Would you sacrifice a lot of money for going to Europe?
2. Would you sacrifice a lot of money to go to Europe?
Cheers-
Rhea
First of all, between (1) and (2), the first sentence is correct. The second sentence is absolutely wrong.
IDIOM:
Sacrifice someone/something FOR someone/something
For example: I sacrifice a lot of money FOR a chance to go to US
Sacrifice someone/something TO someone/something
For example: I sacrifice a lot of money TO a better life
It doesn't matter if you use TO or FOR. Both of them are correct. But after preposition (TO/FOR), noun/noun phrase should be used, NOT VERB
Your second sentence: "Would you sacrifice a lot of money to go to Europe" is wrong because there should be noun/noun phrase after preposition TO, not verb.
Hope it helps.
Hi,
Thanks for the explaination, but then according to what you told above, the below sentence should be wrong;
I sacrificed a lot of money to visit Europe
Since visit is a verb here. Please tell me if I am understanding it correctly or not
Hi Rhea
Technically, GMAT prefers "to do X" to "for dong X", because VERB form is always more concise and clearer than NOUN form (Ving is gerund - noun form of action).
Note: "prefer" does not mean "always"
However, "sacrifice" is a special case. The correct idiom of sacrifice is:
"sacrifice someone/something TO/FOR someone/something"
So I would say "sacrifice X to do Y" is wrong idiom.
You can change your sentence like:
(1) I sacrificed a lot of money to a chance to visit Europe
(2) I sacrificed a lot of money for visiting Europe.
Hope it helps.