When I use "to" or "for"? When SHOULD I use "to" or "for"? Jura answered this same question and her answer was very detailed and complete. Just insert the following URL in your web browser: http://www.italki.com/answers/question/48552.htm Here's a simpler answer: For (numbers 1, 3, and 6 are the most commonly used) 1... Duration of time:...We walked for two hours. 2... Distance:.............I walked for five kilometers. 3... Purpose:............. I bought this jacket for you / meet for lunch 4... In the direction of:..She left for New York. 5... In favor of:.............We are for the proposal. 6... Considering:.........The boy is clever for his age To (numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are the most commonly used) 1... In the direction of:..........Turn to the right. 2... Destination:.................. I am going to Rome. 3... Until:............................ from Monday to Friday / five minutes to ten 4... Compared with:.............They prefer football to tennis 5... With indirect object:...... Please give it to me. 6... As part of infinitive:....... I like to ski / he wants to help. 7... In order to:................... We went there to buy clothes.

We use for when we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years). He held his breath for seven minutes. She's lived there for seven years. The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries. Purpose (for) “He went to the store for milk and bread. State or condition I mistook you for someone else

Prepositions of Movement: to We use to in order to express movement toward a place. They were driving to work together. She's going to the dentist's office this morning. Direction (to, toward, into, through, etc.) “The football player ran through the stadium to the other end.”