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Not definitive enough to be an answer, from a "correct grammar" point of view, but "I will arrange a projector" sounds like you will take an active role in ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore arrangeVSarrangefor AskQuestion Asked 6years,11monthsago Active 6years,1monthago Viewed 13ktimes 4 Say,Iamtalkingtoacoworkerbeforeameetingwithaclient.Wedecidedtouseaprojectorinthemeetingroom.IwanttosaythatIwillfindaportableprojectorsomewhereandmakeitavailabletouse.So,Isay: a)"Iwillarrangetheprojector."b)"Iwillarrangefortheprojector." Whichismoreappropriate? IfwhatImeantwasthatIwasgoingtohavemysecretarysetitallupforus,shouldmychoiceofsentencechange? Inthesamescenario,theclientasksusifhecanborrowalaptopcomputerfromus.Adictionarysays:toarrangesomethingforsomeone–tomakeitpossibleforsomeonetouse/havesomething.So,ofthefollowingtwo,isa)anaturalreplytotherequest?Isb)cumbersome? a)"Iwillarrangealaptopcomputerforyou."b)"Iwillarrangeforalaptopcomputerforyou" Lastly,dothefollowingmeanthesame? a)"Iamgoingtoarrangeaparty.b)"Iamgoingtoarrangeforaparty." word-choicegrammar Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedFeb10'15at5:23 KaimeiNishimotoKaimeiNishimoto 13911goldbadge55silverbadges1111bronzebadges 1 Notdefinitiveenoughtobeananswer,froma"correctgrammar"pointofview,but"Iwillarrangeaprojector"soundslikeyouwilltakeanactiveroleinsortingthisout,whereas"arrangeforaprojector"soundstomelikeyouintendtodelegatethistasktosomeone. – AdamV Dec7'15at23:47 Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Active Oldest Votes 1 Withthefirstsentence,yourchoiceshouldbe(b),butwithsomearrangementtoit. Itwouldlookabitstrangeifyoustopaftertheword"projector"in Iwillarrangefortheprojector. You'dbetterfinishthesentence: Iwillarrangefortheprojectortobemadeavailableforuse. Youcanomitthe"to-infinitive"clauseifyouarrange(i.e.prepare)forsomeevent: Iwillarrangeforacelebration. ..but"projector"isathing,notanevent,soit'srellyarecipientofsomeaction: Iwillarrange[foraprojectortobebroughtin].("projector"ispartofthebracketedclause) Withthesecondsentence,thisoptionisgrammaticallycorrectbutdoesnotfitthepurpose: Iwillarrangealaptopcomputerforyou. ..itwouldmean"Iwillplacealaptopinaneatpositionforyou",asifIassumethatyouwillhavesomelaptopandIwillapproachyouandmovethelaptopalittletomakeitmorecomfortableforyou. Iwoulduseyouroption(b),butrearrangedabit: Iwillarrangeforalaptopcomputertobegiventoyou. a)Iamgoingtoarrangeaparty.="Iamgoingtoprepareaparty,toplanaparty" b)"Iamgoingtoarrangeforaparty.="Iamgoingtoprepareforaparty" Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedFeb10'15at5:53 answeredFeb10'15at5:35 CowperKettleCowperKettle 3,59411goldbadge2020silverbadges4949bronzebadges 1 To"prepareforaparty"mightsimplymeangettingdressedtoattendaparty,withoutbeinginvolvedintheplanningor"arranging"oftheparty. – BrianHitchcock Mar12'15at8:46 Addacomment  |  1 AccordingtotheBNC(BritishNationalCorpus),theconstructionarrangeforcanbeusedhereaswell,and"to-infinitive"clauseisnotobligatorybutquitecommon. Trytoarrangeforawrittenrecordofwhathasbeenagreedforthe nextmeeting,so... Theplainconstructionarrangeincludesmoreyouractions,whilearrangeforwouldinlineother'sactionsaswell. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar12'15at6:48 DariusMiliauskasDariusMiliauskas 59444silverbadges1616bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Thedummyword'for'isacluethattheobjectisanevent,andnotaphysicalobject.Youmight'arrangetheprojectors'bymovingthemaround,butifyou'arrangefortheprojectors[tobe][there]'thenyouareprobablyscheduling[for]them.Thatlast'for'isoptionalbecauseschedulingalwaystakesanabstractobject. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredDec7'15at22:57 AmIAmI 3,56511goldbadge1010silverbadges1919bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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