Prepositions often confused 391. For for About Don't say: | coммon мιѕтaĸeѕ
Prepositions often confused
391. For for About
Don't say: The teacher spoke for bad habits.
Say: The teacher spoke about bad habits.
Don't use "for" in the sense of "about". The chief use of "about" is to convey the idea of being in favour of. If we say that the teacher spoke for bad habits it's like saying that he/she spoke in favour of bad habits!
