They all share the ethical intention ------ safe transference.
What preposition is the most idiomatic to put in the blank? "to", "of", "for", etc.?
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What do you mean by safe transference? And which preposition do you think matters here?– LambieCommented Dec 18, 2017 at 0:27
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@Lambie "safe transference of charity money for example". I first used "to", but then doubted.– SasanCommented Dec 18, 2017 at 0:29
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Money=a safe transfer, not transference. Transference is psychology or some other field.– LambieCommented Dec 18, 2017 at 0:30
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The preposition that is appropriate here is of.
They all share the ethical intention of ...
This is [some thing] in relation to [some other thing] (a noun) and could be written as, "They all share the ethical intention in relation to [something]."
If the [something] was an action (i.e. verb), then the preposition could be "to". For example, "They all share the ethical intention to transfer the money safely.", or (more idiomatically) "They all have the ethical intention to transfer the money safely."
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What about "transferring"? "they share the ethical intention of/to transferring the money safely"?– SasanCommented Dec 18, 2017 at 2:08
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