2022-04-01
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – F – for & fore & four
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง for = “FAWR”
ออกเสียง fore = “FOHR”
ออกเสียง four = “FAWR” or “FOHR”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
for & fore & four
The most common member of this trio
is the preposition “for,”
which is not a problem for most people.
“Fore” always has to do with the front of something
(it’s what you shout to warn someone
when you’ve sent a golf ball their way).
“Four” is just the number “4.”
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
For- & fore-
A useful rule of thumb
is to remember the usual meaning of the prefixes:
FOR- = not, or something negative
(forbid, forfeit, forget, forsake)
FORE- = before (foreboding, forecast, forefathers)
See individual entries
for FORBEAR OR FOREBEAR?
FOREWORD OR FORWARD?.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Usage Note:
For has been used as a conjunction
meaning "because, since" for over 1,000 years.
It is familiar in many famous quotations,
from the New Testament's beatitudes
(Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth, Matthew 5:05)
to Shakespeare's sonnets
(For thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings
/ That then I scorn to change my state with kings).
Today this use of for is rare in speech and informal writing,
and it often lends a literary tone or note of formality.
· Like the word so,
for can be viewed as
either a subordinating or a coordinating conjunction,
and it has been treated variously as such.
It has the meaning of a subordinating conjunction,
since it clearly subordinates the clause that follows it
to the previous clause or sentence.
But like a coordinating conjunction,
for has a fixed position in the sentence,
and its clause cannot be transposed
to precede the superordinate clause containing the main idea.
It is ungrammatical in present-day English
to say
For they shall inherit the earth: blessed are the meek.
Perhaps because of this ambiguity in function,
for is treated variously with regard to punctuation.
Sometimes it begins a dependent clause and follows a comma,
and sometimes it begins an independent clause
(as if it were a conjunctive adverb like moreover)
and follows a semicolon or period
(when it is capitalized as the first word of a new sentence).
All treatments are acceptable in standard usage.
The difference is really one of emphasis:
starting a new sentence with for
tends to call more attention to the thought that it introduces.
Collins COBUID English Dictionary:
for
If something is for someone, they are intended to have it
or benefit from it.
He left a note for her on the table.
She held out the flowers and said, 'They're for you.'
I am doing everything I can for you.
You use for in front of a noun phrase
or -ing form when you state the purpose of an object, action, or activity.
Some planes are for internal use, others for international flights.
The mug had been used for mixing flour and water.
You use for in front of a noun phrase
when you are saying why someone does something.
We stopped for lunch by the roadside.
I went to the store for a newspaper.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'for' with an -ing form
when you saying why someone does something.
Don't say, for example, 'He went to the city for finding work'.
You say 'He went to the city to find work'
or 'He went to the city in order to find work'.
People would stroll down the path to admire the garden.
He had to hurry in order to reach the next place on his schedule.
1. duration
You use for to say how long something lasts or continues.
I'm staying with Bob for a few days.
You also use for to say how long something has been the case.
I have known you for a long time.
He has been missing for three weeks.
Be Careful!
When you use for to say how long something has been the case,
you must use a perfect form.
Don't say, for example, 'I am living here for five years'.
You must say 'I have lived here for five years'.
2. 'since'
Don't confuse for with since.
You use since to say that something has been the case
from a particular time in the past until now.
Exam results have improved rapidly since 1999.
I've known her since she was twelve.
See since
3. used to mean 'because'
In stories, for is sometimes used to mean 'because'.
This use is rather old-fashioned, and is not used in conversation.
This is where he spent his free time, for he had nowhere else to go.
See because
Dictionary.com:
ORIGIN OF FORE
By construal of fore- as an adjective,
hence nominalized;
fore and aft perhaps as translation of Dutch or Low German;
sense “before” (defs. 6, 9) perhaps continuation of Middle English,
Old English fore in this sense, or as shortening of afore
ORIGIN OF FOUR
before 1000; Middle English four, fower,
Old English fēower; cognate with Old High German fior (German vier),
Gothic fidwor; akin to Latin quattuor,Greek tésseres (Attic téttares)
Dictionary.com:
Fore! These Golf Terms Will Land You On The Green
Published April 9, 2021
For people outside of the world of golf,
the language used in the game can be confusing.
Bogey, fore, par—these and other words
may or may not mean anything to you,
but on the course, they’re the only way
to understand what’s going on.
And then there are the words that started with golf
but have become more synonymous with other meanings,
like stymie.
Before playing a round, or if you simply
want to understand what’s going on
while you watch it on TV,
you first have to understand the context of these words.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Words at Play
A Countdown of Word
Four
Since the early 20th century,
four-bagger has been used in baseball
for a four-base hit on which the batter scores—a home run.
The word bagger is also used to describe
the extents of other successful at bats.
A one-bagger is a one-base hit;
a two-bagger is a double;
a three-bagger is a triple.
The fourth "bag" in a four-bagger is actually a "plate" (home plate).
(Sorry four-bagger users for calling that out.)
Many players hit four-baggers—once in a while, but Babe Ruth
stands alone in his ability to hit home-runs consistently.
— Automotive Industries, 1926 July 22
The Four Freedoms are the four basic human freedoms
identified by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
in his State of the Union message in January of 1941.
They are the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion,
the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear of physical aggression.
In August of 1941, Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
included the Four Freedoms in the Atlantic Charter,
which advocated the restoration of self-government to peoples forcibly deprived of it.
A four-letter word is literally a word with four letters,
such as word.
Use of the term four-letter to indicate obscene words
referring to sexual or excretory functions or organs of the human body
goes back to the 19th century.
Directly vowels are introduced we begin to spell words,
and it was found that amongst the thousands of combinations possible,
would be presently included all the profane, obscene,
and otherwise objectionable four-letter words of the whole world.
— Frederick Edward Hulme, The Flags of the World, 1897
The incivility of using such four-letter words
gave birth to "the four-letter man," a man who is offensive or detestable
—or, in his language, a sh!t.
Throughout the book, Hemingway submits his hunting ability,
his consideration toward others
(the term that he reserves for himself at his most insensitive
is a “four-letter man”—presumably, a (see above censored expletive)….
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 July 2015
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:
Four = a numeral
Not to be confused with:
For = on behalf of; in favor of; because; since
Fore = forward; front part; warning by golfer
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
For all -
Another example of the oral transformation of language
by people who don’t read much.
“For all intents and purposes” is an old cliché
which won’t thrill anyone,
but using the mistaken alternative is likely to elicit guffaws.
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
For free
Some people object to “for free” because
any sentence containing the phrase
will read just as well without the “for,”
but it is standard English.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
For free
This is a wordy slang, often used by careless speakers,
Who forget thatfree means “NOTHING”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
For one
People often say “for one” when they mean “for one thing”:
“I really want to go to the movie.
For one, Kevin Spacey is my favorite actor.” (One what?)
The only time you should use “for one”
by itself to give an example of something
is when you have earlier mentioned
a class to which the example belongs:
“There are a lot of reasons I don’t want your old car.
For one, there are squirrels living in the upholstery.” (One reason.)
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
For sale & on sale
If you’re selling something, it’s for sale;
but if you lower the price, it goes on sale.
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
for- & fore-?
A useful rule of thumb is to remember
the usual meaning of the prefixes:
FOR- = not, or something negative
(forbid, forfeit, forget, forsake)
FORE- = before (foreboding, forecast, forefathers)
See individual entries
for FORBEAR OR FOREBEAR?
FOREWORD OR FORWARD?.
