He works too slowly(for me)to be much use to me.
Can (for me)It be omitted, (I think It can be omitted because "to me" give that information.
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2It must be omitted. "...for me to be of much use to me" makes no sense.– Weather VaneCommented Jul 17, 2023 at 18:47
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@WeatherVane Why (He spoke too quickly for me to understand.) this is correct?– SamCommented Jul 17, 2023 at 19:09
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1That would be equivalent to rephrasing your sentence as "He works too slowly for me to appreciate him."– Weather VaneCommented Jul 17, 2023 at 19:25
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1He spoke too quickly for me to understand. The desired result was that I understood him In He works too slowly to be of much use to me, the desired result was that he was useful to me, not that I was useful [to myself]. Do you see how the two expressions are different?– Kate BuntingCommented Jul 18, 2023 at 8:35
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He works too slowly (for me) to be [of] much use to me.
I have added of.
The preposition phrase for me should be omitted:
He works too slowly to be of much use to me.
Having for me could be possible in a situation where you have a worker serving several supervisors. This worker is not always slow; he is slow only when he is doing your projects. Your example could be read as
[He works too slowly for me] to be of much use to me.
The other supervisors can have him.
Even in such a situation, we should still omit that preposition phrase, to make the sentence less clumsy and avoid having it read as
[He works too slowly] [for me to be of much use to me].
answered Jul 22, 2023 at 6:20
