Tommie

Is it correct to put "for me" in the full-form of such sentences?

"My bank manager says (for me) not to set up this project."

Yes, use "for me" to confirm that it's with regard to "me".

Thanks, Guest.

I'd rather say "My bank manager says TO me not to set up this project."
Am I wrong?

If you want to use 'to' it would have to be in the past tense so it would be:

"My bank manager SAID TO me not to set up this project"

Sorry, I don't understand why in my case (with TO) it has to be a past tense. Can you explain, please?

You can say "says not to", which I suppose has omitted "me", because we do not say "says me",

thanks, Yommie. But then why "SAID TO me" is correct? (guest2 post Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:06 pm GMT) The only difference I can see is a past tense instead of Present.

I can't really explain why, sorry. It just sounds weird.

Uriel, where are you? seems like you're the only person here who can explain this puzzle for me: why SAID TO ME is correct, but SAYS TO ME is not and "sounds weird"?

There's no reason why "said" would be preferable to "says"; they're two different tenses, and either might be appropriate.

There is a difference between "for me" and "to me", by the way. Either could be correct, but they are not interchangeable.

Thank you, Uriel