grammar - (Look forward / eagerly wait / cannot wait) + noun
2020年6月15日 · 1.2. I eagerly wait for Christmas every year. Correct. A little more formal. 1.3. I cannot wait for Christmas every year. Correct, but slightly odd. It is an informal expression, so "can't" would probably be better than "cannot". Also "I …
What does 'cannot wait for the break' mean in this sentence?
2022年11月22日 · Any one else in the same boat? Honestly cannot wait for the break. What does 'cannot wait for the break' in the last sentence mean? Does it mean: The OP can't wait for the winter holiday when he/she can rest; or. The OP can't wait to see and communicate with a peer in the same boat?
Meaning and usage of "can't wait" - English Language Learners …
2016年7月10日 · In the usage samples of can't wait I have found this description: can't wait - to be excited about something ("I can't wait for the birthday party!"). The meaning is not quite clear. Is it the
I can’t wait for you (until / up to) (8 p.m. / one week)
2014年4月21日 · I can't wait for you until one week from now. This one: I can't wait for you up to one week. is not actually wrong, just a bit clumsy and not something I would expect to hear. An alternative is: I can't wait for you for a whole week. This one: I can't wait for you up to 8pm. just doesn't sound right. A native speaker would normally use the last:
word usage - Wait for tomorrow / wait until tomorrow - English …
If you wait for your friend, you don't actually know when they will turn up. You can wait for a bus, but it might never come. There is no finite end. In the case of "wait for tomorrow" there is a finite end, but as mentioned this phrase sounds somewhat unnatural since "wait for" tends to be used with more abstract time frames.
meaning - What is meant by 'I couldn't wait to leave'? - English ...
2019年9月15日 · What is meant by "I couldn't wait to leave" in the following dialogue: One day a traveller was walking along a road on a journey from one village to another. He noticed a farmer working in a field of crops beside the road.
When you're waiting for something impatiently
Some people like to use "I cannot wait ..." to express their eagerness or impatience to see some outcome. For example "I cannot wait to try that new recipe (for some food item)." Or "I cannot wait for your return."
grammar - Should I use "So can´t I" or "neither can I"? - English ...
2020年3月18日 · If someone tells me "I can´t do the homework because it is too hard, but can you(me) do it?" and I want to say that I can´t do it too should I answer "So can´t I" or "neither can I"?
grammaticality - How long more must I wait? - English Language …
2017年5月27日 · It cannot be modified by adjective "long", since quantities don't have physical dimension/extension in space. You could ask "How many more must I wait?" if you had been talking about hours or minutes or days or weeks or months or years or decades or centuries or eons or semesters or quarters or ... in a previous sentence. –
Turn "She made me wait for two hours" into passive voice
2015年6月10日 · "wait" cannot be made passive. To be made passive, a verb must have an actor and something that is acted upon. Verbs like "wait, sleep" and others have an actor -- the person doing the waiting or the sleeping -- but not a object of the action. That is, you don't "wait something" or "sleep something," so, they can't be made passive.