_for to_ VP

[Ronald Butters]

Does David mean,

"I want for you to open this jar for me with your big strong hands"

or

"I want for to have you open this jar for me with your big strong hands"

or both?

I say the former, but NOT the latter.

On Jul 9, 2010, at 1:30 AM, David Bowie wrote:

> From:    Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>
>> Yes, it's, IMO, very old-timey. Hearing someone less than half my age
>> use it, when even my East-TX grandparents, born in the 19th century,
>> didn't use it, caught my ear, the way that seeing East-TX country
>> cousins pour coffee from the cup into the saucer and then drink it
>> from there caught my eye.
>
>> The speaker was from Youngstown, OH. But it wasn't necessariy the case
>> that she was a native of that relatively-Northern city.
>
>
> I don't know if i'm less than half your age, but i use 'for to'
> conversationally.
>
> David Bowie
>
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