I was seeking for a funny pun because it was for a grade.
I'm confused because I think the sentence is correct, but Grammarly says the for between seeking and a is unnecessary. Is this true? Why is that?
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I'm confused because I think the sentence is correct, but Grammarly says the for between seeking and a is unnecessary. Is this true? Why is that?
I was seeking for a funny pun because it was for a grade.
The first 'for' is wrong. We say "looking for", but not "seeking for". This is because you can look at something, look in something etc, but the relationship to the object is already tacit in the meaning of 'seeking' so it does not need the preposition.
You should instead say either: