求助Prep08 一道题，表目的可以用for doing吗

davidyoung93

205. (GWD-9-Q17)

Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies’ service areas, the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

A.and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

B.and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

C.and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening

D.company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening      

E.company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open



答案为E没有异议，但是E 中的for marketing是表目的吗？ 表目的用 for doing不是被认为是不对的吗  

求大神们解惑！

davidyoung93

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davidyoung93

lululuna

下面是我自己整理的to do 和 for doing的区别和相同点，
关于这道题，我认为：

1）intention(目的）是 to create a huge network
    所有后面的 for marketing ……并不是intention

2）for marketing是什么？
   建议你可以先读一下我总结的那些知识点，
   个人观点是： for marketing是a huge network的功能（what the network is used for……）

以上


To do VS for doing

source:http://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/forums/to-do-vs-for-doing-t15996.html

tim:staff

my thought on this, based on the examples you provide, is that "to do" would modify a verb and "for doing" would modify a noun:

I bought a lawnmower to mow my lawn. (that's why I bought it)

I bought a lawnmower for mowing my lawn. (that's what it's used for)

sherrylsq: forum guest

Cherry gave two examples:

"She has to go home to do the housework".
"She has to go home for doing the housework".

These really do not have the same meaning. An English speaker would use the first construction only for this sentence. You will not hear an English speaker say the second. Here is why...

The first will be understood to mean "She has to go home IN ORDER TO DO the housework;" or, "She has to go home BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO DO the housework." And this is, in fact, what we mean.

The second will be understood to mean "She has to go home AS A CONSEQUENCE FOR DOING the housework;" or, "She DID THE HOUSEWORK, AND SO she had to go home." And this doesn't make sense.

Look at it in another set of examples. Any verb may be substituted for "do":

"to X" (to sleep, to love, to give, etc.)
"for X-ing" (for sleeping, for loving, for giving, etc.)

1. He was sent home early from school TO SLEEP.
2. He was sent home early from school FOR SLEEPING.

The first means the teacher sent the student home IN ORDER TO sleep. He looked tired, and the teachers were merciful. They suggested that he go home FOR THE PURPOSE OF sleep.

In the second, the teacher sent the student home BECAUSE HE SLEPT in class. Going home was a CONSEQUENCE for sleeping when he should have stayed awake.

The only time these are interchangeable is when one of the following is true:

1. The meaning of "in order to" and "as a consequence for" will mean the same thing:

Ex. A: "He was paid $1000 TO BUILD the wall."
Ex. B: "He was paid $1000 FOR BUILDING the wall."

And, even here, be careful. The first (as Cherry pointed out) means he was paid BEFORE the work was done. The second means he was paid AFTER the work was done.

2. The meaning is about the INTENDED PURPOSE or SUGGESTED PURPOSE of an item (or person):

Ex. A: "A hammer can be used TO REMOVE nails."
Ex. B: "A hammer can be used FOR REMOVING nails."

Here, the meanings are quite the same.

davidyoung93

lululuna 发表于 2015-7-19 00:42
下面是我自己整理的to do 和 for doing的区别和相同点，
关于这道题，我认为：

非常感谢！十分有收获！

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lululuna 发表于 2015-7-19 00:42
下面是我自己整理的to do 和 for doing的区别和相同点，
关于这道题，我认为：

非常感谢！果然还是native speaker能讲得清楚！

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