"Stressful to" vs. "stressful for"
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00:00 &Quot;Stressful To&Quot; Vs. &Quot;Stressful For&Quot;
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The preposition for introduces the person who feels stressful, regardless of the verb form used:
Working is stressful for some.
It is stressful for some to work.
You can omit the subject of the stress:
It is stressful to work.
NGrams shows that to is also used but for is the preferred preposition. It also shows that stress was popularised in the late 20th century.
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It is less stressful ( for / to ) a child than an adult to learn a foreign language.
"For" is the right choice, but it would be even better as:
It is less stressful for a child to learn a foreign language than for an adult.