What's the difference between "invite someone [over] to dinner" and "invite someone [over] for dinner"?
Please, consider as an example:
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211 600 hits : 9680 hits makes something 'a lot more idiomatic'? – Edwin Ashworth Mar 24 '16 at 20:13
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Not much difference in meaning or frequency. – Hot Licks Mar 24 '16 at 20:35
I use them interchangeably but I prefer for just because it reminds me of the joke in the final scene in The Silence Of The Lambs.
Hannibal Lecter: [on telephone] I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye.
Clarice Starling: Dr. Lecter?... Dr. Lecter?... Dr. Lecter?... Dr. Lecter?...
