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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

For

Hello Teachers,

1.I have not seen him for two days.

2.I am waiting him for an hour.


In both the sentences "for" is a prepositio. Am I right?

Thanks.
  

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Not sure if it's a preposition or not, but sentence #2 is not correct. "I am waiting for him for an hour" or "I've been waiting for him for an hour" is correct. You can't "wait + him/her/someone" in English, you "Wait for him/her/someone"

— J7

  • Not sure if it's a preposition or not, but sentence #2 is not correct.
  • "I am waiting for him for an hour" or "I've been waiting for him for an hour" is correct.
  • You can't "wait + him/her/someone" in English, you "Wait for him/her/someone"
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Not sure if it's a preposition or not, but sentence #2 is not correct.


"I am waiting for him for an hour" or "I've been waiting for him for an hour" is correct. You can't "wait + him/her/someone" in English, you "Wait for him/her/someone"
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Sorry, but I don't think " I am waiting for him for an hour" is correct
Here you need a present perfect, because -ing present either refers to the present or to the future, cannot extend to the past.
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0 Although it may used rarely, I think there are some instances where a sentence such as this may be used. 02br
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00For instance, lets say you have agreed to take someone somewhere and have as well agreed to wait for them for an hour. If posed the question, "what are you doing?", and given that you are currently waiting for "him", I don't see how that could be expressed an
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0Yes, both 'for's are prepositions, Hanuman. 0-
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0 Sorry, but as far as I can see, there are only these possibilities with for + length of time: 02br
001. I waited for him for one hour (yesterday) 02br
002. I have waited for him for one hour 02br
003. I've been waiting for him for one hour (am still waiting) 0-
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0Lest this break out into an undeserved argument on both parts, let me compose an uncommon but possible dialogue: 02br
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00P: What'cha doing? 02br
00J: Waiting for my mate. 02br
00P: How long you been waiting? 02br
00J: 45 minutes 02br
00P: 45 minutes?! That's a bit long. I'll bet he's forgotten. 02br
00J:
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0 Ah, OK, MrM, I hadn't thought of that context! Thank you. But is it very ... uh grammatical? 0-
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0 Re: " J: I think you're right. OK. I'm waiting for him for an hour, and then I'm leaving! " 02br
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00I believe native speakers (even the "not-so-educated" ones) would normally say it like this instead:- 02br
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00"I think you're right. OK. I'm waiting for ONLY an hour, and then I'm leaving!" 0-
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0Perfectly grammatical: present continuous used for future arrangements-- 02br
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00'I'm meeting him at 6:00. I'm arriving at our rendezvous point at 5:00 because of the infrequent trains, so I'm waiting for him for an hour. Then we're having dinner and seeing a show.' 02br
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00Nothing uneducated or ungrammatical in there. 0-
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0 Great! Thank you, MrM! 0-
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