The difference between "to you" and "for you" - English Grammar - EnglishAnyone.com Clips

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So I might send something to you or I might  say like this is a present for you so both  
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of those are fine you can use those when you're  talking about moving from one thing or one person  
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to someone else okay so when we're talking  about like to you is kind of focusing on the  
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the direction it's the same basic idea so this  is a present like and I'm sending it to you so to  
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you like not not in some other direction over here  I'm sending it to you okay so that's the direction  
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we're moving in just like we talked about before  so if we have like in two we're going we're moving  
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we're talking about motion the direction into a  particular place or to a particular place and so  
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if we're talking about four four is like  it's more like the like the end location  
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all right it could be the purpose of something or  the end like the delivery place where we're going  
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so it's a present I'm sending a present to you and  the present is for you also so they mean basically  
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the same thing you can use them in the same  situation but you can see how it's uh to a native  
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a native would explain it this way so they would  think oh okay like I'm sending it to you like I'm  
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not you know like let's say I have a present for  you but I'm sending it to your mom okay so I'm  
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sending a present to your mom and maybe she will  give it to you later so again we're still talking  
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about Direction uh when we're talking about  two but four it's like okay like it's yours  
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it's for you okay like this video is for you  but I'm talking to you right now like I'm like  
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it's the purpose of it is for you it's yours but  I'm also talking about the motion from me to you
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