'Apply for' or 'apply to' is one confusion where most people remain stranded, especially at a time when you are planning to join a company and in the application letter you are not sure whether you need to write 'apply for' or 'apply to' this job and you don't want to get rejected for a grammatical error. The below examples will give you the much-needed clarity on this confusion.
Examples:
1. I am Applying to this company for the post of an English teacher.
2. I am applying for the post of an English teacher.
From the example 1, it is clear that you should only use 'apply to' when you are talking about an organization, company or a governing body. In example 2, 'applying for' is used as you are not talking about the company, but you are giving the reason for your application. When you give the reason for applying, for applying becomes 'applying for'. Isn't that amazing! If you notice example 1, the preposition 'for' is also used there as you are trying to let others know that you are applying to become a teacher. English teacher is the reason in both the examples. Hence the preposition 'for' is used in both the examples before the phrase, the post of an English teacher.
Having understood whether apply for or apply to is correct, it would be very easy to understand if 'subscribe for' or 'subscribe to' is correct.
Subscribe For or Subscribe To:
This is exactly similar to 'apply for' or 'apply to' in terms of the usage of prepositions, for and to. Either 'subscribe for' or 'subscribe to' can be used, but if you are talking about a magazine, channel, etc., 'subscribe to' has to be used and if you are giving the reason for your subscription, 'subscribe for' has to be used.
Examples:
3. I have Subscribed to this channel to watch my favorite show, Pokemon.
4. I have subscribed for watching my favorite show, Pokemon.
5. I have subscribed to Tata Sky sports pack on my television.
Similar examples for the use of apply / subscribe in sentences:
6. These stringent rules are applicable to everybody in our country.
7. Being quiet is one rule that never applies to children. They think so!
8. I wish I had subscribed to Airtel Digital TV. Tata Sky does not give value for my money.
9. I need to renew my subscription to the daily newspaper tomorrow.
10. I am planning to apply to Google for the post of C.E.O.
11. My application for the post of a postman has been rejected.
12. Oxford university has approved my application for a U.G. course there. Jeez, I am delighted!
13. I hope more people would subscribe to my blog posts.
14. The R.T.O. inspector denied my application for a driving license as I fell down from my bike during the test.
15. Have you subscribed to any weekly magazines recently?
16. Am I the only one who has subscribed to reader's digest?
