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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Waited or waited for

He would have waited three days.
He would have waited for three days.

Is for totally unnecessary, not only in this sentence but in any sentence with wait?

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Anonymous Is for totally unnecessary It is optional. Anonymous not only in this sentence but in any sentence with wait? That is a large request for the English language.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is for totally unnecessary It is optional.
  • Anonymous not only in this sentence but in any sentence with wait?
  • That is a large request for the English language.
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AnonymousIs for totally unnecessary
It is optional.
Anonymousnot only in this sentence but in any sentence with wait?
That is a large request for the English language.
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  1. He would have waited three days.
  2. He would have waited for three days.
These are correct and natural and almost equivalent.

The distinction:

Sentence #1 sounds somewhat incomplete and can easily continue with more information.

He would have waited three days ... (for what? to do what?)
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SoSaysSunnyThe distinction:Sentence #1 sounds somewhat incomplete and can easily continue with more information.
I don't see that at all—certainly no more so than for the alternative. Be sure that you isolate your personal prescriptions from English that is acceptable around the world, SSS.
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