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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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yelled for/to

I yelled [for/to] them to stop.

Is there any difference?
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Hi, I yelled [for/to] them to stop. Is there any difference? Not much.

— Clive

  • Hi, I yelled [for/to] them to stop.
  • Is there any difference?
  • Not much.
  • Let's consider a scenario of a mother and her two children.
  • The children are being noisy.
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Hi,
I yelled [for/to] them to stop.

Is there any difference?
Not much.
Let's consider a scenario of a mother and her two children. The children are being noisy.

I yelled to them to stop. My voice was directed at the children.
I yelled for them to stop. My voice may have been directed at the mother.

Clive
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