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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

It's fortunate for/ of you to....

Hi,

Is it "it's fortunate for you to have found the $1000 back" or "it's fortunate of you to have found the $1000 back"?

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Hi Is it "it's fortunate for you to have found the $1000 back" or "it's fortunate of you to have found the $1000 back"? It's not idiomatic to 'find something back'. Here is the general idea.

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Hi

Is it "it's fortunate for you to have found the $1000 back" or "it's fortunate of you to have found the $1000 back"?

It's not idiomatic to 'find something back'. Here is the general idea.



find something - does not make clear whether you lost it, or someone else lost it



find something again - usually means that you previousl