GUIDE ENGLISH GRAMMAR BOOK

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126 For and of with a to-infinitive
We can use many adjectives in this pattern, for example:
anxious eager marvellous silly
awful easy necessary stupid
better/best essential nice terrible
cheap expensive ready willing
convenient important reluctant wonderful
dangerous keen safe wrong
difficult
3 Patterns with too and enough
Before the for pattern, we can use too or enough with a quantifier, adjective or
adverb.
There's too much work for you to finish today.
The kitchen is too small for the whole family to eat in.
The light wasn't shining brightly enough for anyone to notice it.
4 The pattern It's a good idea for you to finish
It's a good idea for you to finish the course and get a qualification.
It's a nuisance for tourists to have to get visas.
We can use some nouns, e.g. advantage, demand, disadvantage, disaster, idea,
mistake, nuisance, plan.
NOTE
We can also use some nouns related to the verbs and adjectives in Patterns 1 and 2.
I've made arrangements for someone to take photos.
He couldn't hide his anxiety for the matter to be settled.
5 The pattern It's nice of you to finish
It's nice of you to finish the job for me.
It was rude of your friend not to shake hands.
It was clever of Tina to find that out.
We can use adjectives expressing personal qualities, e.g. brave, careless, clever,
foolish, generous, good, helpful, honest, intelligent, kind, mean, nice, polite, rude,
sensible, silly, stupid, wrong.
NOTE
Compare these sentences.
It was nice of Tom to take the dog for a walk.
(Nice expressing a personal quality: it was a kind action by Tom.)
It was nice for Tom to take the dog for a walk.
(It was a pleasant experience for Tom.)
6 For expressing purpose
There are telephones for drivers to call for help if they break down.
For plants to grow properly, you have to water them regularly.