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Jooney Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Would like/like for+infinitival
Hi,
I'm wondering if the following constructions are possible.
1. would like for+NP+infinitival
ex) I would like for him to dance to the music.
2. like for+NP+infinitival
ex) I like for him to dance to the music.
3. like+NP+infinitival
ex) I like him to dance to the music.
I can't find many constructions of these types in the BYU corpus, so they seem to be of questionable grammaticality. I'd like to get a confirmation on this from a native speaker. Thank you.
I'm wondering if the following constructions are possible.
1. would like for+NP+infinitival
ex) I would like for him to dance to the music.
2. like for+NP+infinitival
ex) I like for him to dance to the music.
3. like+NP+infinitival
ex) I like him to dance to the music.
I can't find many constructions of these types in the BYU corpus, so they seem to be of questionable grammaticality. I'd like to get a confirmation on this from a native speaker. Thank you.
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Hi, I'm wondering if the following constructions are possible. All of these are said. But to me, the versions with 'for' are a bit sub-standard.
- Hi, I'm wondering if the following constructions are possible.
- All of these are said.
- But to me, the versions with 'for' are a bit sub-standard.
- Perhaps they may be standard in American English.
- 1.
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Hi,
I'm wondering if the following constructions are possible.
All of these are said. But to me, the versions with 'for' are a bit sub-standard. Perhaps they may be standard in American English.
1. would like for+NP+infinitival
ex) I would like for him to dance to the music.
I'm wondering if the following constructions are possible.
All of these are said. But to me, the versions with 'for' are a bit sub-standard. Perhaps they may be standard in American English.
1. would like for+NP+infinitival
ex) I would like for him to dance to the music.
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Thank you very much for the reply, Clive.
Could I ask you a few more questions?
1. Do they all carry the same meaning?
2. I would like you to meet my boyfriend vs. I would like for you to meet my boyfriend.
Yesterday I posted this question and C45 said the latter was not correct. Why is a version with 'for' not allowed in this case?
Could I ask you a few more questions?
1. Do they all carry the same meaning?
2. I would like you to meet my boyfriend vs. I would like for you to meet my boyfriend.
Yesterday I posted this question and C45 said the latter was not correct. Why is a version with 'for' not allowed in this case?
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Hi,
Could I ask you a few more questions?
1. Do they all carry the same meaning? You mean apart from the fact that the 'for' verison, to me, means the speaker is not speaking very well?? Yes.
I'm assuming here that you are still focusing on the 'for' versus 'non-for' to
Could I ask you a few more questions?
1. Do they all carry the same meaning? You mean apart from the fact that the 'for' verison, to me, means the speaker is not speaking very well?? Yes.
I'm assuming here that you are still focusing on the 'for' versus 'non-for' to
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