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I work for my boss. This is OK grammatically, but feels odd to me because it seems rather tautological: by definition the person you work for is your boss, ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "workfor"/"workin"/"workat" AskQuestion Asked 5years,7monthsago Active 8monthsago Viewed 58ktimes 6 1 Iwouldliketoknowwhatusuallyfollowsaftereachpropositioninsentenceswiththeword"work". ThesearewhatIunderstandsofar: Iworkformyboss.(usuallyforcertainperson) Iworkinaaccountingcorporation.(usuallyforbusinessarea) IworkatSamsung.(usuallyforspecificnameofcompany) CouldyoupleasetellmeifIunderstandrightly? prepositions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedMay11'21at21:04 ColleenV 11.5k1111goldbadges4343silverbadges8080bronzebadges askedMay19'16at4:21 LiuyihaogeLiuyihaoge 6311goldbadge11silverbadge55bronzebadges 1 Useful:ell.stackexchange.com/questions/58291/… – MaulikV May19'16at6:55 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Active Oldest Votes 12 Iworkformyboss. ThisisOKgrammatically,butfeelsoddtomebecauseitseemsrathertautological:bydefinitionthepersonyouworkforisyourboss,sothere'snoneedtosayso.Itwouldbebettertoindicatethespecificpersonwhoisyourboss: Iworkforhim IworkforAmandaJones IworkforDrJenkins IworkfortheCEO(you'donlysaythisifyoureportdirectlytotheCEO) (Ofcourseifyouareself-employed,orunemployed,thenyouwouldn'tbetalkingaboutworkingforsomebodyinthefirstplace.) Iworkinaaccoutingcorporation.(usuallyforbusinessarea) Youwouldn'tsaythatyouworkinacorporation,you'dsayatorforthem.Itiscorrecttosayinwhentalkingaboutwhichpartofthecompanyyouworkfor,orifyouaretalkingaboutaplace.So: Iworkforanaccountingcompany. Iworkatafamouslegalfirm. IworkintheaccountingdepartmentatSamsung. Iworkinthecafeteria. IworkinLondon. IworkforSamsunginLondon. (Also,notethatit'sanaccountingcorporation,notaaccountingcorporation.) IworkatSamsung. Thisiscorrect.ItwouldalsobecorrecttosayIworkforSamsung. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay19'16at4:52 nnnnnnnnnnnn 1,8741717silverbadges1616bronzebadges 4 Thankyouforyouranswer!Butihaveonequestion.Perwhatyousaid,"workat"canbereplacedby"workfor",andviseversa.Sothereisnodifferenceatallbetweenthetwo?Forexample,"Iworkforanaccountingcompany."/"Iworkatanaccountingcompany."Theyareexactlythesamemeaning? – Liuyihaoge May19'16at5:03 Yes,thatiscorrect,bothmeanthesamethingwhentalkingabouttheorganisationwhereyouwork. – nnnnnn May19'16at5:13 Itiscorrecttosayinwhentalkingaboutwhichpartofthecompanyyouworkfor...hmmsowhatabout"IworkinanITcompany'oritshouldtake'for' – MaulikV May19'16at6:53 1 @MaulikV-Thatshouldbefororat.AspertheexampleinmyanswerIworkforanaccountingcompany.YoucansaymoregenerallyIworkinIT.(ITisthefield/professioninwhichyouwork,but"anITcompany"referstoaspecificentity,eventhoughyouhaven'tnamedit.) – nnnnnn May19'16at8:17 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. 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