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GUIDE FOR vs GUIDE TO

Both 'guide for' and 'guide to' are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable in many contexts, but 'guide to' is slightly more common when introducing a manual or instructions, while 'guide for' is often used when referring to advice or assistance for a specific purpose.

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GUIDE FOR

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate advice or assistance provided for a specific purpose or group of people.

Examples:

This is a guide for beginners in photography.
A guide for parents on how to talk to their children about difficult topics.

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Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research. Division on Earth and Life Studies ...
The purpose of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the Guide) , as expressed in the charge to the Committee for the Update of the Guide, is to ...
A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration ...
Committees to revise the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, 3rd edition. Writing Committee. John McGlone, PhD.

Alternatives:

manual for
instructions for
advice for
assistance for
tips for

GUIDE TO

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce a manual, instructions, or information that helps someone understand or do something.

Examples:

A guide to learning Spanish quickly.
The ultimate guide to traveling on a budget.

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Therefore only a subjective analysis can be used as a guide to abdominal penetration.
Therefore only a subjective analysis can be used as a guide to abdominal penetration.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO USING ARIXTRA
GUIDE TO USING THE TABLES
GUIDE TO THE COMPILATION OF SAFETY DATA SHEETS
ANNEX II COMPARISON BETWEEN ACCOUNTING AND STATISTICAL DATA IN RESPECT OF THE EUROSYSTEM BALANCE SHEET COMPILERS» GUIDE TO A CHECKING PROCEDURE BETWEEN ACCOUNTING AND STATISTICAL DATA
A guide to the interpretation of prodigies.
I should welcome a guide to the attractions.
I need a guide to Delhi.
But she needed a guide To get it right.
Your guide to the great state of Texas has arrived.
The events guide to this weekend's sci-fi convention.
Okay, one, Girlfriends' Guide To The Terrible Teens.
"Bardo Thodol" is a guide to dying.
Old guy's guide to Tacoma.
Translation micro-HOWTO is a quick guide to help & kplayer; translators get going.
That's the first amendment of the guide to being a player, pushing and pulling.
It gives the national Europass agencies the additional task of making a guide to mobility available to every citizen.
This book is not a guide to the use of the individual applications, as they each have their own User Manual.
The ECB has therefore prepared this Guide to inform and provide assistance to national authorities, especially in the new Member States, in respect of this duty.

Alternatives:

manual to
instructions to
information on
how-to on
tips on

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