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Wielebny Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"in" and "for"; "for" and "on"
(1) "Damn, I haven't slept for three days" OR "Damn, I haven't slept in three days" - Which one would you suggest?
Different issue:
(2) "I am waiting for a friend" OR "I am waiting on a friend" - And here?
As for me - "Damn, I haven't slept for three days" seems somewhat better. In the 2nd example I choose "I am waiting for a friend" sentence. However, I've seen present perfect with "in" in one of Grisham books (Chamber) and "waiting on a friend" is taken directly from one of the Rolling Stones' songs.
What do you think?
(ps. I didn't quote Grisham of course, just used the grammar idea)
(ps2. Let me know if anything in the post sounds/looks strange as far as English is considered, even if it is not directly connected with the discussed issue. Thanks.)
Different issue:
(2) "I am waiting for a friend" OR "I am waiting on a friend" - And here?
As for me - "Damn, I haven't slept for three days" seems somewhat better. In the 2nd example I choose "I am waiting for a friend" sentence. However, I've seen present perfect with "in" in one of Grisham books (Chamber) and "waiting on a friend" is taken directly from one of the Rolling Stones' songs.
What do you think?
(ps. I didn't quote Grisham of course, just used the grammar idea)
(ps2. Let me know if anything in the post sounds/looks strange as far as English is considered, even if it is not directly connected with the discussed issue. Thanks.)
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I'm not so sure... The "for" version suggests that you regret you haven't had a 72 hour long sleep, in other words that you wish you could sleep for the whole length of time... You'd better wait till a native reads your post.
- I'm not so sure...
- The "for" version suggests that you regret you haven't had a 72 hour long sleep, in other words that you wish you could sleep for the whole length of time...
- You'd better wait till a native reads your post.
- As to wait, both "wait for" and "wait on" exist, but the meaning's different.
- "Wait on" is what waiters do in a restaurant, they wait on tables and on customers, i.
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I'm not so sure... The "for" version suggests that you regret you haven't had a 72 hour long sleep, in other words that you wish you could sleep for the whole length of time... You'd better wait till a native reads your post.
As to wait, both "wait for" and "wait on" exist, but the meaning's different. "Wait on" is what waiters do in a restaurant, they wait on tables and on customers, i.
As to wait, both "wait for" and "wait on" exist, but the meaning's different. "Wait on" is what waiters do in a restaurant, they wait on tables and on customers, i.
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