2021年1月21日 · This isn't a favour for me, but a favour for you. If you use the alternative: This isn't a favour to me, but a favour to you. The person delivering the favour is ambiguous; it could be the speaker or it could be a third party. If you wish the person deliering the favour to be unambiguously the speaker, you should opt for the first example.

2017年10月4日 · Knowing that " in favour/favor of" is standard usage in the sense 2 according to Longman Dictionaries Online, I noticed also people use "in favor for." Therefore, I was wondering if the latter usag...

2022年12月8日 · Well, it's not incorrect.. This is one of those choices of wording that an English teacher might mark in red in order to "correct" it, but the meaning is perfectly clear, and doesn't sound wrong to a native speaker.

One can do a favour for someone (or do someone a favour), meaning basically "do something for them because you are kind". If I do a favour for you, I carry out some action because I want to do something kind for you. Separately, one can gain favour with someone. I gain favour with you if you get a better opinion of me.

2019年4月6日 · As a word, though, it means to pre-judge, to judge in absence of evidence based on some characteristic. There's a school of thought that says that prejudice toward(s) 1 something is prejudice in that thing's favour, and prejudice against something is to that thing's detriment. In my experience, some people have that assumption, and others don't.

2021年10月21日 · All those in favour say 'aye' is a traditional expression used in formal debates. They were evidently competing to say phrases with a word that sounds like 'eye'. They were evidently competing to say phrases with a word that sounds like 'eye'.

2020年10月24日 · 'Favour' also means grace. So, is it correct to use 'by the favour of'? Consider my sentence: I earned the job by the favour of luck. That is: I earned the job by (the favour of) luck, or "Luck favoured me to get the job." I earned my degrees by the favour of circumstances.

2022年6月14日 · Here "in favour of" means "to be replaced by". It's unclear whether the father actually did his son a favour by stepping down. All we know is that he resigned and his son assumed (or was to assume) his position.

I remember there was a terrible storm before the start and it fell into our favour as we had all the big bombers in our team. Most striking is Britney, who explodes into fame in 1999 and almost as swiftly falls from favour again: Courtney is another. These ideas took a circuitous route into favour.

2019年5月29日 · Simply, that second "Do me a favour!" is a sarcastic abbreviation, while the first example means exactly what's printed on the page. Neither is "formal". The first is clearly recognised as "polite", which is not the same at all. –