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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Intend or intend for?
The following sentence is from our teextbook:
It is possible to "read" others around us, even if they do not intend for us to catch their unspoken communication.
I think "for" should be deleted. Do you think so?
It is possible to "read" others around us, even if they do not intend for us to catch their unspoken communication.
I think "for" should be deleted. Do you think so?
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I would not personally use "for" there, but "intend for someone to do something" is a valid expression that some people do use. content=intend+for+us+to%2Cintend+us+to&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3 actually shows quite a steep increase in usage over recent years.
- I would not personally use "for" there, but "intend for someone to do something" is a valid expression that some people do use.
- content=intend+for+us+to%2Cintend+us+to&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3 actually shows quite a steep increase in usage over recent years.
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I would not personally use "for" there, but "intend for someone to do something" is a valid expression that some people do use. Strangely, to me it feels slightly quaint or old-fashioned, yet the graph at http://books.google.com/n
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