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#1
May 26 2016 03:27pm
The sentence is:

"Just did my first freelance work and got some cash for a windows installation"
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May 26 2016 03:29pm
both
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May 26 2016 03:31pm
yeah both
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May 26 2016 03:37pm
I feel like if you use "from" in the context of that sentence it would imply windows itself paid you.
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May 26 2016 03:38pm
'From' kinda implies the Windows installation paid you, whereas 'for' is unambiguous. Both would work, but for is more correct.
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May 26 2016 03:53pm
For if you paid for the installation

From if you were paid from the installation
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#7
May 26 2016 04:00pm
whoa hey hey you guys

i went to second grade

it's

"I have just completed freelance work, it was my first time. Now I have cash for a Windows installation disk.
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May 26 2016 04:02pm
feel free to add a comma after "Now"
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May 26 2016 04:02pm
Quote (spoofdaboss @ May 26 2016 06:30pm)
whoa hey hey you guys

i went to second grade

it's

"I have just completed freelance work, it was my first time. Now I have cash for a Windows installation disk.


But what if his freelance work was installing windows?
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#10
May 26 2016 04:03pm
Quote (Tuna_BeIIy @ May 26 2016 10:02pm)
But what if his freelance work was installing windows?


then he should do it in his garage just like how i change my own oil, under a pan, on my driveway
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