The English Oracle

"Stressful to" vs. "stressful for"

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00:00 &Quot;Stressful To&Quot; Vs. &Quot;Stressful For&Quot;
00:16 Accepted Answer Score 5
00:46 Answer 2 Score 0
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 5


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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ANSWER 2

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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.