【问】[467]在《英语常见错误词典》(王福祯主编)p.79上,有以下一句:I congratulate you for your engagement.原编者认为句中的介词for用错,要改成on或upon。请问原句果真错了吗?【答】尽管动词congratulate sb.后常跟介词on或upon,但在现代英语中,尤其是口语中,有 [Ask] [467] In “Common English Error Dictionary” (Wang Fulu) (ed. p.79), there is the following sentence: I congratulate you for your engagement. The original editor thinks that the preposition in the sentence is wrong and should be changed to on or upon. . Is the original sentence really wrong? [Answer] Although the verb congratulate sb. often followed by the preposition on or upon, but in modern English, especially spoken language,