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"Supportive for you" or "supportive to you"?? which one is right?
Jan 21, 2016 9:48 PM
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"Of you" is better than either. But for most contexts I can think of, simply using "support" as a verb seems simpler and more direct: e.g. "I support you".
January 21, 2016
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The correct preposition to use with "supportive" is "of". "Supportive of you". If you need dictionary corroboration, here it is:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/supportive
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