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Yoong Liat Posted 4 years ago
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Is "for" redundant?

Mr Hisyam - who was appointed to replace the legal team that Najib discharged at the end of July - had requested for the case to be deferred for three to four months as the defence needed sufficient time to deal with the case.

Is "for" redundant?

Thanks.

  

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Yoong Liat Is "for" redundant? Yes. Personally, I would have left out 'for' in that context.

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  • Yoong Liat Is "for" redundant?
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  • Secret Service was $34 million.
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Yoong LiatIs "for" redundant?

Yes. Personally, I would have left out 'for' in that context.

As far as I know, 'requested for' only occurs naturally in the passive:

The total funding which was requested for the U.S. Secret Service was $34 million.

Here 'for' means 'on behalf of', which is different from the usage of 'for' in

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