Okay, so I was writing a story, or editing a part of a story, and the grammar checker I use told me that I was using "for" where I should have been using "to." But, I don't agree. Could anyone explain to me why this first sentence would be correct and the second would not?
His homework looks really hard, but it doesn’t seem hard to him, which makes sense because I’m a freshman and he’s a junior in all honors and AP courses.
His homework looks really hard, but it doesn’t seem hard for him, which makes sense because I’m a freshman and he’s a junior in all honors and AP courses.
I tried to look this up, but the results basically defined "to" and "for" and gave lists of when to use them geared towards non-native English speakers. I'm not looking for a definition; I'm asking for an explanation of the above word usage. Thank you.
Best Answer
I would say it should be one of these.
His homework looks really hard but it doesn’t seem hard to him. Meaning, he finds it easy.
His homework looks really hard but it's not hard for him. Meaning, he finds it easy.
Note, no comma before the word "but", the comma is already implied by the use of the word "but", kit's the same as with the word "and".