[Ads-l] "for" = of

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> the remake *for* _Forbidden Planet_


I’d buy

the remake *to* _Forbidden Planet_.

But it really should be

the remake of _Forbidden Planet_,

when you’re not jawing with the boyz in the 'hood,

Wilson
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