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Seagull Posted 11 years ago
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(for) one hour

The passengers were kept waiting (for) one hour.

In the above sentence, can we omit the "for" in the brackets in informal English?
  

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seagull The passengers were kept waiting (for) one hour. In the above sentence, can we omit the "for" in the brackets in informal English? Yes.

  • seagull The passengers were kept waiting (for) one hour.
  • In the above sentence, can we omit the "for" in the brackets in informal English?
  • Yes.
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seagull The passengers were kept waiting (for) one hour. In the above sentence, can we omit the "for" in the brackets in informal English?
Yes.
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