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1) He is the man to write this article.
2) He is the man for writing this article.
(We should have him do it.)

3) He is the best man to write this article.
4) He is the best man for writing this article.
(We should have him do it.)

5) He is their man to write book reviews.
6) He is their man for writing book reviews.
(He is the man on their team whose job is
writing book reviews. He is the one who does that.)

Which are grammatical?
Which are idiomatic?

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 by: Peter Moylan - Tue, 8 Aug 2023 10:05 UTC

On 08/08/23 15:10, arthurvv vart wrote:

> 1) He is the man to write this article.
> 2) He is the man for writing this article.
> (We should have him do it.)
>
> 3) He is the best man to write this article.
> 4) He is the best man for writing this article.
> (We should have him do it.)
>
> 5) He is their man to write book reviews.
> 6) He is their man for writing book reviews.
> (He is the man on their team whose job is
> writing book reviews. He is the one who does that.)
>
> Which are grammatical?
> Which are idiomatic?

1 and 3 are good. 2, 4, and 5 are not.

6 is borderline acceptable. There's nothing seriously wrong with it, but
most people would rephrase it to a clearer form like "He is their book
reviewer".

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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 by: Peter T. Daniels - Tue, 8 Aug 2023 12:54 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 1:10:46 AM UTC-4, arthurvv vart wrote:

> 1) He is the man to write this article.
> 2) He is the man for writing this article.
> (We should have him do it.)
>
> 3) He is the best man to write this article.
> 4) He is the best man for writing this article.
> (We should have him do it.)
>
> 5) He is their man to write book reviews.
> 6) He is their man for writing book reviews.
> (He is the man on their team whose job is
> writing book reviews. He is the one who does that.)
>
> Which are grammatical?

All, maybe.

> Which are idiomatic?

(1), (3), (6).

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