in search of...

[milagro]

Need someone (a Pole, a foreigner) to talk with at the advanced level of
English. The idea of non-profit meetings would be to help both sides to
improve speaking abilities. The discussions could bring up a variety of
subjects. Location: Warsaw. The frequency and the duration to be established.

M (a male in his thirties)

[Gość: ankh]

a nie mowi sie czasem: in search for...?

[Gość: etbl]

It is true that the verb "search" is normally followed by the preposition "for":

F.ex.: He searched for the hidden treasure throughout the attic.

But the substantive "search" in expressions such as "in search of" takes the
preposition "of" and not "for".

Compare: "in pursuit of"
"in quest of"

Thus the title "in search of" is perfectly correct.

kind regards

etbl

[Gość: ankh]

I'll remember - thanx

[el_presidente666]

Hello,

I'm interested.
I'm Pole, living in Warsaw.

My e-mail: [e-mail]

[yoric]

That'd be very nice...

but first it would be hard to find smn in my city and then, here I am EXPECTED
to know English so well that in principle I'm expected not to need any such
things. Mind that I said 'expected', which unfortunately is quite far from
truth...
rgdz

[Gość: 'poor Yoric']