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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

for her for an hour

We waited for her for an hour before she finally arrived.

Is this sentence grammatically correct especially the highlighted words?

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Hi New2grammar,

I would say 'We had been waiting there for more than an hour before she finally arrived.'

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PBF
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I agree that your version is much clearer. But I would like to know what you think about double 'for'. Please allow me to change my original sentence to:

We waited for her for an hour. => A simple statement of what happened

Does this sentence sound fine to your ear?

Thanks in advance
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Your sentence sounds okay to me. However, you might want to verify it with a native speaker.

Based on your sentence, I might prefer to say 'We waited for an hour for her to arrive/come'.

Best wishes,

PBF
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