Difference in feel?

[Slava Paperno]

> the difference in feel (if at all) between these two sentences:
> Мы будем вместе выбирать мебель в  нашу квартиру.

> Мы будем вместе выбирать мебель для нашей квартиры.
> .. my brain prefers the 2nd version.

Yes, the second version is 100% correct. While the first sentence is a little odd, it may be easier to accept if you think of this series:

привезти мебель в квартиру
купить мебель в квартиру
примерить мебель в квартиру
выбрать мебель в квартиру

The meaning of выбрать in that sequence/context/logic begins to approach that of привезти, and so the government pattern of a motion verb feels to the speaker like a good thing to use.

Slava

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