Not winning the competition was disappointing to us.
The above sentence is correct, but it kept me wondering if we can use 'for' instead of 'to'.
(source: courses.edx.org)
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Sign up to join this communityNot winning the competition was disappointing to us.
The above sentence is correct, but it kept me wondering if we can use 'for' instead of 'to'.
(source: courses.edx.org)
I think : "Not winning the competition was disappointing FOR us." BUT "losing the competition was disappointing FOR/TO us."
I have no idea why, but the latter could work both ways, the former only the one way.