Reading some of the comments on StackExhange, I came across
this is irrelevant for this question
Shouldn't it be "irrelevant to this question"? Searching on Google I found both are used in various academic texts.
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Reading some of the comments on StackExhange, I came across
this is irrelevant for this question
Shouldn't it be "irrelevant to this question"? Searching on Google I found both are used in various academic texts.
Best Answer
I prefer irrelevant to, but certainly accept irrelevant for:
However, when the complement is preposed, I prefer for over to:
—though note that to me in the last sentence means to my mind (To me, this is irrelevant doesn't seem to mean what This is irrelevant to me does)