2021-03-17
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด W – Wait on & wait for
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Wait = ‘WEYT’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Wait = postpone; linger;
= remain; stay:
Wait with me for the bus.
Not to be confused with:
weight = measurement of heaviness or mass:
I was dismayed by how much weight I had gained.
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR WAIT
Wait, tarry
imply pausing to linger and thereby putting off further activity
until later.
Wait usually implies
staying for a limited timeand for a definite purpose,
that is, for something expected: to wait for a train.
Tarry is a somewhat archaic word for wait,
but it suggests lingering, perhaps aimlessly delaying, or pausing (briefly) in a journey:
to tarry on the way home; to tarry overnight at an inn.
USAGE NOTEFOR WAIT
Sometimes considered objectionable in standard usage,
the idiom wait on meaning “to wait for, to await (a person)”
is largely confined tospeech or written representations of speech.
It is most common in the Midland and Southern United States:
Let's not wait on Rachel, she's always late.
Wait on or upon (an event) does not have a regional pattern
and occurs in a wide variety of contexts:
We will wait on (or upon ) his answer and make our decision then.
The completion of the merger waits upon news of a drop in interest rates.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Can wait on mean 'to wait for'?:
Usage Guide
Verb
American dialectologistshave evidence showing wait on (sense 3)
to be more a Southern than a Northern form in speech.
Handbook writers universally denigrate wait on
and prescribe wait for in writing.
Our evidence from printed sources does not show a regional preference;
it does show that the handbooks' advice is not based on current usage.
settlement of the big problems still waited on Russia — Time
I couldn't make out … whether Harper was waiting on me for approval — E. B. White
the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown — Maya Angelou
One reasonfor the continuing use of wait on
may lie in its being able to suggest protractedor irritating waits
better than wait for.
for two days I've been waiting on weather — Charles A. Lindbergh
the boredom of black Africans sitting there, waiting on the whims of a colonial bureaucracy — Vincent Canby
doesn't care to sit around waiting on a House that's virtually paralyzed — Glenn A. Briere
Wait on is less common than wait for, but if it seems natural, there is no reason to avoid it.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary
Wait on orwait upon
usage:
Sometimes considered objectionable in standard usage,
the verb phrase wait on meaning
“to wait for (a person)” is largely confined to speech.
It is most common in the Midland and Southern U.S.:
Let's not wait on Rachel, she's always late.
wait on or upon (an event) does not have a regional pattern
and occurs in a wide variety of contexts:
We will wait on (or upon) his answer before making our decision.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Wait on & wait for
In the sense of “to serve,” wait on is an acceptable expression.
“Please wait on this customer.”
“If you have not been helped to make a selection, I’ll be glad to serve (wait on) you.
In the sense of “await,” wait onis colloquial and dialectal:
“You’re late, and I don’t want to wait for (not wait on) you.”
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Wait
1. 'wait'
You use the verb wait to say that someone remains in the same place,
or avoids doing something,
until something happens or someone arrives.
Please wait here until he is ready to see you.
She had been waiting to buy some stamps.
2. 'wait for'
You can say that someone waits for something or someone.
I stayed at home, waiting for her call.
If he's late, I'll wait for him.
You can also say that someone waits for a person
or thing to do something.
She waited for me to say something.
I waited for Dad to come home.
Be Careful!
Wait is never a transitive verb.
Don't say, for example, 'I was waiting her call'.
You must use wait for.
See await
