"For the purpose of" and "with the purpose of" are both compound prepositions that usually have a gerund as its object.
"For the purpose of" and "with the purpose of" are both compound prepositions that usually have a gerund as its object.
For the purpose of determining the cause of the accident, a committee was formed last Tuesday.
However, you can use a noun or a noun phrase after it.
For the purpose of this discussion, let me ask the following questions.
Note that when using "for the purpose of" at the beginning of a sentence, we add a comma after the introductory phrase.
We'll add here that "for the purpose of" is more formal and explicit than other linking words that we frequently use to express purpose, such as "for" or "to".
Troops were sent for the purpose of assisting refugees.
The following linking words are also compound prepositions that frequently have a gerund as its object. All of them carry a similar degree of formality and explicitness:
