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[Idioms] Which is correct? Congrats for or Congrats on?

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by chieftang » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:36 am
Both can be correct, depending on usage:

Congratulations for having scored 800 on the GMAT.

Congratulations on your acceptance to Stanford's business school.
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by jarvis » Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:46 am
chieftang wrote:Both can be correct, depending on usage:

Congratulations for having scored 800 on the GMAT.

Congratulations on your acceptance to Stanford's business school.
Thanks for the explanation. Is there a thumb rule for similar cases? Like when to use 'for' and when to use 'on'.
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