I am writing a short content matter on behalf of my client. He runs an NGO and is planning for a crowdfunding campaign so that the NGO can provide free education to children from poor families.
Is it grammatically correct or wrong to use prepositions for "finance" and "fund" in the given sentences below?
The sentence: Families are struggling to finance for/towards the education of their children.
Or shall I only use "finance the education"?
Also, if I replace the word finance with fund, then also is it correct to use a preposition like for/towards?
Thank you so much!
Best Answer
As you are using it 'finance' is a verb, financing the education is something the parents are doing and no preposition is needed as the education is the object of that verb.
However 'finance' can also be a noun and a preposition is normally needed then. The normal way to say it would be "The parents struggle to find the finance for their children's education".
The preposition 'towards' would normally be used with 'finance' as a noun when someone else was offering to pay part of the cost. For example "The charitable trust gives finance towards the education of children in need."