I'm trying to remove unnecessary words, but sometimes I'm torn. Both of the below sentences are fine, one is shorter, but I'm so used to hearing the "for" I'm inclined to leave it in just because it feels right.
[FONT="]She meant for us to find it.
[/FONT] [FONT="]She meant us to find it.[/FONT]
I see a lot of cases like this - where a word isn't strictly necessary, but common speech uses it so often that it sounds a little strange when you leave it out. That little word "that" finds itself in a lot of these situations. You can leave it out, but it's not how people would talk.
Interested in your opinion, you guys are great.
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[FONT="]She meant for us to find it.
[/FONT] [FONT="]She meant us to find it.[/FONT]
I see a lot of cases like this - where a word isn't strictly necessary, but common speech uses it so often that it sounds a little strange when you leave it out. That little word "that" finds itself in a lot of these situations. You can leave it out, but it's not how people would talk.
Interested in your opinion, you guys are great.
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