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Is it waiting or awaiting?
Waiting can be used on its own or with an object. Awaiting is a transitive verb that requires an object. If you want to keep your sentence simple and omit an object, you must use wait. Otherwise, you could use either wait or await with an object.
Is waiting for correct?
So “awaiting you” is correct and “awaiting for you” is wrong. “Waiting for you” is correct. But I know why you are asking this question. In many of our languages, the verb “wait” does not come with the preposition “for”, so “waiting for you” would just translate like, “waiting you”.
Is it Await or await?
The verb ‘await’ must have an object – for example, ‘I am awaiting your answer’. And the object of ‘await’ is normally inanimate, not a person, and often abstract. So you can’t say, ‘John was awaiting me’. The verb ‘wait’ can come in different structures.
How do you say wait politely?
Synonyms
- hold on. phrasal verb. used for telling someone to stop or wait.
- just wait until/till. phrase.
- hang on/hold on a minute. phrase.
- wait a minute/second. phrase.
- just a minute/moment/second. phrase.
- let me see/think. phrase.
- bear with me/us. phrasal verb.
- something will have to wait. phrase.
What is the other word for waiting?
What is another word for waiting?
| anticipating | awaiting |
|---|---|
| expecting | looking out |
| watching out | hoping for |
| longing for | counting the days until |
Do we say waiting on or waiting for?
To ‘wait on’ someone means to serve someone. “The hotel staff waited on the couple at their wedding dinner.” To ‘wait for’ something or someone means we are expecting something to happen or we are waiting for someone.
How do you say Im waiting in English?
3 Answers. “I am waiting for you” is grammatically correct. You may use “I’m waiting” but without using “you” afterwards.
How do you use awaiting and waiting?
‘Wait’ is a regular verb. “They wait for their son to pick them up every Sunday.” Its past form is ‘waited’. Its ‘-ing’ form is ‘waiting’.
Does the word ‘ve’ have an accent mark?
Therefore, although the word “ve” is a homphone (from “ver” it means “he sees” and from “ir” it’s a command form for “go”), since both words are verbs (in the same grammatical category), neither one carries an accent mark. Indeed they are both streesed without it. However, the word “se” can have three meanings.
Do Spanish words with accent marks break the rule?
Here are some examples of Spanish words with accent marks that break rule #1. You’ll notice none of the stresses fall on the second to last syllable, as they normally would. And here are examples of words that break the second rule. These are words that end in a consonant (not “n” or “s”), but whose accent does not fall on the final syllable.
What does the forward-leaning acute accent mean?
The forward-leaning acute accent ( ́ ) generally indicates a stressed syllable or raised pitch.
Do unstressed syllables have accent marks?
However, an unstressed syllable will never, ever, have an accent mark. Some one-syllable words are stressed and some are not. If you want to write a word and you don’t know which syllables are stressed and which ones aren’t, try pronouncing the word out loud, or ask a native speaker to pronounce it for you. Section Two DIPHTHONGS IN SPANISH