for to

[Beverly Flanigan]

>
>For a time, i was forbidden to offer grammaticality judgments in one of my
>undergrad syntax classes. (Something about accepting "for to" as a
>preposition was the straw that finally broke the camel's back, IIRC.)
>
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Offer this use of the infinitive marker "for to," heard from George W. last
August and gleefully written down (because I like it):  "[the government]
trusts citizens ... for to meet their health care needs."  Good South
Midland usage, if a bit archaic.

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