“Awaits for you” or “awaits you”?





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Is it wrong to say:




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      Is it wrong to say:




      Happiness awaits for you?




      Is it totally wrong to put ‘for’ after awaits ?






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      Is it wrong to say:




      Happiness awaits for you?




      Is it totally wrong to put ‘for’ after awaits ?






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          Await, by itself, means wait for. Thus, awaiting means waiting for; for example, "a whole new life was awaiting him in the new job" will be reframed as "a whole new life was waiting for him in the new job".



          Other examples:

          1. The cat awaits the mouse to come out of the hole.

          2. We're awaiting over an hour now.

          3. Happiness awaits you.






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            We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
            – choster
            17 hours ago






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            The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
            – Martha
            17 hours ago






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            (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
            – amalloy
            15 hours ago






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            You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
            – alephzero
            14 hours ago






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            I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
            – Lee Daniel Crocker
            12 hours ago


















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          Await has both transitive and intransitive uses; I believe most of the other answers are focused on the transitive usage, reading the sentence as [Happiness] [awaits for] [you], which is indeed non-idiomatic. You can wait for something or someone, or await something or someone, but you would not await for it.



          Happiness awaits for you is entirely grammatical when parsed as [Happiness awaits] [for you], however. This parsing would be more clear if awaits were followed by a comma, or inverted as For you happiness awaits. The prepositional phrase for you indicates the party affected by the awaiting, rather than the target of the awaiting.



          Consider these examples:




          A balcony awaits for dining alfresco. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]




          The balcony is not waiting for alfresco dining, it is lying in store, or being availablet for alfresco dining.




          A move to Europe awaits for the hard working dead-ball specialist… [Sydney Morning Herald]




          The activity of moving to Europe, again, is not literally waiting for the player (Brandon O'Neill). Rather, the author is noting that the prospect of a move exists, and secondarily that it affects this player.



          That said, I don't think the phrasing awaits for is particularly common, perhaps to avoid confusion with the transitive usage, or the appearance that the author or publication has made an error.






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              Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
              – chasly from UK
              21 hours ago












            • This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
              – choster
              17 hours ago










            • @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
              – chasly from UK
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            Yes, it's ungrammatical to say:



            Happiness awaits for you.



            The verb await in the sentence is a transitive verb that is followed by a direct object; you don't use the preposition "for". So it's correct to say:



            Happiness awaits you.



            Instead of the await, you can use the intransitive verb wait, usually as (be) -ing form, followed by the preposition "for" as follows:



            Happainess waits for you/Hapiness is waiting for you.






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            • Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
              – choster
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            • I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
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            Await, by itself, means wait for. Thus, awaiting means waiting for; for example, "a whole new life was awaiting him in the new job" will be reframed as "a whole new life was waiting for him in the new job".



            Other examples:

            1. The cat awaits the mouse to come out of the hole.

            2. We're awaiting over an hour now.

            3. Happiness awaits you.






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            • 7




              We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
              – choster
              17 hours ago






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              The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
              – Martha
              17 hours ago






            • 5




              (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
              – amalloy
              15 hours ago






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              You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
              – alephzero
              14 hours ago






            • 1




              I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
              – Lee Daniel Crocker
              12 hours ago















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            Await, by itself, means wait for. Thus, awaiting means waiting for; for example, "a whole new life was awaiting him in the new job" will be reframed as "a whole new life was waiting for him in the new job".



            Other examples:

            1. The cat awaits the mouse to come out of the hole.

            2. We're awaiting over an hour now.

            3. Happiness awaits you.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 7




              We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
              – choster
              17 hours ago






            • 15




              The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
              – Martha
              17 hours ago






            • 5




              (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
              – amalloy
              15 hours ago






            • 1




              You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
              – alephzero
              14 hours ago






            • 1




              I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
              – Lee Daniel Crocker
              12 hours ago













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            Await, by itself, means wait for. Thus, awaiting means waiting for; for example, "a whole new life was awaiting him in the new job" will be reframed as "a whole new life was waiting for him in the new job".



            Other examples:

            1. The cat awaits the mouse to come out of the hole.

            2. We're awaiting over an hour now.

            3. Happiness awaits you.






            share|improve this answer














            Await, by itself, means wait for. Thus, awaiting means waiting for; for example, "a whole new life was awaiting him in the new job" will be reframed as "a whole new life was waiting for him in the new job".



            Other examples:

            1. The cat awaits the mouse to come out of the hole.

            2. We're awaiting over an hour now.

            3. Happiness awaits you.







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            • 7




              We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
              – choster
              17 hours ago






            • 15




              The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
              – Martha
              17 hours ago






            • 5




              (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
              – amalloy
              15 hours ago






            • 1




              You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
              – alephzero
              14 hours ago






            • 1




              I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
              – Lee Daniel Crocker
              12 hours ago














            • 7




              We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
              – choster
              17 hours ago






            • 15




              The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
              – Martha
              17 hours ago






            • 5




              (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
              – amalloy
              15 hours ago






            • 1




              You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
              – alephzero
              14 hours ago






            • 1




              I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
              – Lee Daniel Crocker
              12 hours ago








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            We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
            – choster
            17 hours ago




            We're awaiting over an hour now would not be idiomatic in American English, at least. The time window would recommend something like we've been waiting over an hour now. The intransitive awaiting is further unusual; we're still awaiting news is acceptable, if a little formal for ordinary conversation, but we're still awaiting is much less preferable to we're still waiting.
            – choster
            17 hours ago




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            The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
            – Martha
            17 hours ago




            The first paragraph of this answer is correct. The second paragraph, not so much. Only example 3 sounds even remotely idiomatic.
            – Martha
            17 hours ago




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            (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
            – amalloy
            15 hours ago




            (1) is wrong because one awaits a noun. You could write "The cat awaits the mouse coming out of its hole", which is technically correct but still a bit weird. (2) might sound right to you if you think you can replace "waiting for" with "awaiting" ignoring context, but you can't: here the "for" is a duration, but "awaiting" only works if it indicates the thing for which you wait. Even if you could, "We're waiting for over an hour now" is still in the wrong tense: more reasonable would be "We've been waiting for over an hour now".
            – amalloy
            15 hours ago




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            You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
            – alephzero
            14 hours ago




            You could almost parse example 1 as meaning "The cat is inside the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, so they can come out of the hole together" but that isn't likely to be what the writer thought it meant!
            – alephzero
            14 hours ago




            1




            1




            I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
            – Lee Daniel Crocker
            12 hours ago




            I (and I think most English speakers) would use "wait" for the intransitive situation in #2. Since there's nothing specifically being waited for, it makes no sense to use "await" without an object.
            – Lee Daniel Crocker
            12 hours ago












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            Await has both transitive and intransitive uses; I believe most of the other answers are focused on the transitive usage, reading the sentence as [Happiness] [awaits for] [you], which is indeed non-idiomatic. You can wait for something or someone, or await something or someone, but you would not await for it.



            Happiness awaits for you is entirely grammatical when parsed as [Happiness awaits] [for you], however. This parsing would be more clear if awaits were followed by a comma, or inverted as For you happiness awaits. The prepositional phrase for you indicates the party affected by the awaiting, rather than the target of the awaiting.



            Consider these examples:




            A balcony awaits for dining alfresco. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]




            The balcony is not waiting for alfresco dining, it is lying in store, or being availablet for alfresco dining.




            A move to Europe awaits for the hard working dead-ball specialist… [Sydney Morning Herald]




            The activity of moving to Europe, again, is not literally waiting for the player (Brandon O'Neill). Rather, the author is noting that the prospect of a move exists, and secondarily that it affects this player.



            That said, I don't think the phrasing awaits for is particularly common, perhaps to avoid confusion with the transitive usage, or the appearance that the author or publication has made an error.






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              Await has both transitive and intransitive uses; I believe most of the other answers are focused on the transitive usage, reading the sentence as [Happiness] [awaits for] [you], which is indeed non-idiomatic. You can wait for something or someone, or await something or someone, but you would not await for it.



              Happiness awaits for you is entirely grammatical when parsed as [Happiness awaits] [for you], however. This parsing would be more clear if awaits were followed by a comma, or inverted as For you happiness awaits. The prepositional phrase for you indicates the party affected by the awaiting, rather than the target of the awaiting.



              Consider these examples:




              A balcony awaits for dining alfresco. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]




              The balcony is not waiting for alfresco dining, it is lying in store, or being availablet for alfresco dining.




              A move to Europe awaits for the hard working dead-ball specialist… [Sydney Morning Herald]




              The activity of moving to Europe, again, is not literally waiting for the player (Brandon O'Neill). Rather, the author is noting that the prospect of a move exists, and secondarily that it affects this player.



              That said, I don't think the phrasing awaits for is particularly common, perhaps to avoid confusion with the transitive usage, or the appearance that the author or publication has made an error.






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                up vote
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                Await has both transitive and intransitive uses; I believe most of the other answers are focused on the transitive usage, reading the sentence as [Happiness] [awaits for] [you], which is indeed non-idiomatic. You can wait for something or someone, or await something or someone, but you would not await for it.



                Happiness awaits for you is entirely grammatical when parsed as [Happiness awaits] [for you], however. This parsing would be more clear if awaits were followed by a comma, or inverted as For you happiness awaits. The prepositional phrase for you indicates the party affected by the awaiting, rather than the target of the awaiting.



                Consider these examples:




                A balcony awaits for dining alfresco. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]




                The balcony is not waiting for alfresco dining, it is lying in store, or being availablet for alfresco dining.




                A move to Europe awaits for the hard working dead-ball specialist… [Sydney Morning Herald]




                The activity of moving to Europe, again, is not literally waiting for the player (Brandon O'Neill). Rather, the author is noting that the prospect of a move exists, and secondarily that it affects this player.



                That said, I don't think the phrasing awaits for is particularly common, perhaps to avoid confusion with the transitive usage, or the appearance that the author or publication has made an error.






                share|improve this answer












                Await has both transitive and intransitive uses; I believe most of the other answers are focused on the transitive usage, reading the sentence as [Happiness] [awaits for] [you], which is indeed non-idiomatic. You can wait for something or someone, or await something or someone, but you would not await for it.



                Happiness awaits for you is entirely grammatical when parsed as [Happiness awaits] [for you], however. This parsing would be more clear if awaits were followed by a comma, or inverted as For you happiness awaits. The prepositional phrase for you indicates the party affected by the awaiting, rather than the target of the awaiting.



                Consider these examples:




                A balcony awaits for dining alfresco. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]




                The balcony is not waiting for alfresco dining, it is lying in store, or being availablet for alfresco dining.




                A move to Europe awaits for the hard working dead-ball specialist… [Sydney Morning Herald]




                The activity of moving to Europe, again, is not literally waiting for the player (Brandon O'Neill). Rather, the author is noting that the prospect of a move exists, and secondarily that it affects this player.



                That said, I don't think the phrasing awaits for is particularly common, perhaps to avoid confusion with the transitive usage, or the appearance that the author or publication has made an error.







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                      Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
                      – chasly from UK
                      21 hours ago












                    • This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago










                    • @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
                      – chasly from UK
                      15 hours ago

















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                      Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
                      – chasly from UK
                      21 hours ago












                    • This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago










                    • @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
                      – chasly from UK
                      15 hours ago















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                      Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
                      – chasly from UK
                      21 hours ago












                    • This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago










                    • @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
                      – chasly from UK
                      15 hours ago
















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                      Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
                      – chasly from UK
                      21 hours ago












                    • This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago










                    • @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
                      – chasly from UK
                      15 hours ago










                    3




                    3




                    Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
                    – chasly from UK
                    21 hours ago






                    Exactly - You can think of the "a-" in "awaits" as meaning "for"
                    – chasly from UK
                    21 hours ago














                    This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
                    – choster
                    17 hours ago




                    This is the same construction as, say, Adventure awaits for the whole family, or would you also object to that sentence on grammatical grounds?
                    – choster
                    17 hours ago












                    @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
                    – chasly from UK
                    15 hours ago






                    @choster - Interesting question. It's making me rethink. Your answer looks good.
                    – chasly from UK
                    15 hours ago












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                    Yes, it's ungrammatical to say:



                    Happiness awaits for you.



                    The verb await in the sentence is a transitive verb that is followed by a direct object; you don't use the preposition "for". So it's correct to say:



                    Happiness awaits you.



                    Instead of the await, you can use the intransitive verb wait, usually as (be) -ing form, followed by the preposition "for" as follows:



                    Happainess waits for you/Hapiness is waiting for you.






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                    • Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago












                    • I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
                      – Khan
                      9 hours ago















                    up vote
                    3
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                    Yes, it's ungrammatical to say:



                    Happiness awaits for you.



                    The verb await in the sentence is a transitive verb that is followed by a direct object; you don't use the preposition "for". So it's correct to say:



                    Happiness awaits you.



                    Instead of the await, you can use the intransitive verb wait, usually as (be) -ing form, followed by the preposition "for" as follows:



                    Happainess waits for you/Hapiness is waiting for you.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago












                    • I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
                      – Khan
                      9 hours ago













                    up vote
                    3
                    down vote










                    up vote
                    3
                    down vote









                    Yes, it's ungrammatical to say:



                    Happiness awaits for you.



                    The verb await in the sentence is a transitive verb that is followed by a direct object; you don't use the preposition "for". So it's correct to say:



                    Happiness awaits you.



                    Instead of the await, you can use the intransitive verb wait, usually as (be) -ing form, followed by the preposition "for" as follows:



                    Happainess waits for you/Hapiness is waiting for you.






                    share|improve this answer














                    Yes, it's ungrammatical to say:



                    Happiness awaits for you.



                    The verb await in the sentence is a transitive verb that is followed by a direct object; you don't use the preposition "for". So it's correct to say:



                    Happiness awaits you.



                    Instead of the await, you can use the intransitive verb wait, usually as (be) -ing form, followed by the preposition "for" as follows:



                    Happainess waits for you/Hapiness is waiting for you.







                    share|improve this answer














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                    • Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago












                    • I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
                      – Khan
                      9 hours ago


















                    • Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
                      – choster
                      17 hours ago












                    • I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
                      – Khan
                      9 hours ago
















                    Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
                    – choster
                    17 hours ago






                    Await has both transitive and intransitive uses in both British and American usage.
                    – choster
                    17 hours ago














                    I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
                    – Khan
                    9 hours ago




                    I agree, but it's chiefly used as a transitive verb.
                    – Khan
                    9 hours ago


















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