20% think "It took me FOR ages..." makes sense...? How about "It took for 2 seconds to make up my mind" vs. "It took me 2 seconds..." ? The "for" is not just infelicitous--it's downright ungrammatical.
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Rafeeq O. McGiveron
20% think "It took me FOR ages..." makes sense...? How about "It took for 2 seconds to make up my mind" vs. "It took me 2 seconds..." ? The "for" is not just infelicitous--it's downright ungrammatical.