Teal desk 749 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Of or for?

As much as I have been through, it still pales in comparison to what our frontliners have to endure each day of this pandemic as they risk their lives to save ours.

Can I substitute 'of' for 'for'? If I am not allowed to change it I would like to know why. Thanks in advance!

  

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teal desk 749 Can I substitute ' of ' for ' for '? You already have 'of' there. Are you asking if you can substitute 'for' for 'of'?

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teal desk 749Can I substitute 'of' for 'for'?

You already have 'of' there. Are you asking if you can substitute 'for' for 'of'?

No. It's always "each day of" with a period of time (or an event that extends over a period of time).

a different schedule for each day of the week; each day of the

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teal desk 749frontliners

This is odd and unfamiliar in British English. You could instead say frontline staff or workers, like at this link https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavi