I intend you the best.

[Anna232]

I tried to make sentences using the patterns that the dictionary suggets, but I think some are unnatural. Are they?

1. I intend you the best.
2. We intend that we will stay there for two days.
3. It is intended that we will stay there for two days.
4. I intended that pizza for you.
5. The book is intended for me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I have tried to make write some sentences using the patterns that the dictionary suggests, but I think some are unnatural. Are they?

Which dictionary? What patterns? Please give the name of the dictionary and a link to the example sentences you found that led you to attempt these "patterns".

1. I intend you the best.

I don't know what this is supposed to mean so I can't correct it.

2. We intend that we will to stay there for two days.

This is the simplest pattern of all "intend to + bare infinitive".

3. It is intended that we will stay there for two days.

There's no reason to use a "dummy it" phrase at the start. If you don't want to use "we" as the subject, say "The plan is for us to stay there for two days".

4. I intended that pizza for you.

I'm not keen on this one. I understand what you're trying to say but I don't think this is the best way to say it. I'd say "I wanted you to have that pizza" or "I meant for that pizza to go to you".

5. The book is intended for me.

That is grammatically correct, makes sense and is clear.

 

[Anna232]

I use OAD https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/intend?q=Intend
By saying "I intend you the best" I mean I want the best for you. It does't make sense, does it?

 

[Tarheel]

"I want the best for you" makes perfect sense. That's not what you are asking about though, is it?

 

[Tarheel]

You seem to think we use "intend" much more than we really do.

Offhand, I would say that the noun ("intentions") is used much more often than the verb ("intend").

 

[Anna232]

"I want the best for you" makes perfect sense.

That's not what you are asking about though, is it?

I thought the first sentence means the same. Does it?

 

[emsr2d2]

"I want the best for you" does not mean the same as "I intend you the best". The main reason for that is that "I intend you the best" is not a grammatical sentence. It's just wrong.

 

[Tarheel]

I thought the first sentence means the same. Does it?

It can't possibly mean the same as a sentence that's not used.

 

[tedmc]

You seem to think we use "intend" much more than we really do.

Offhand, I would say that the noun ("intentions") is used much more often than the verb ("intend").

I intend plan to do something.

I think the above is more common and natural. Also, the passive form "intended" is more common than the active form.

 

[emsr2d2]

I intend plan to do something.

I think the above is more common and natural.

Whilst I agree that "plan" might be more common, that's no reason to strike through "intend" as if it's completely wrong.

Also, the passive form "intended" is more common than the active form.

Please give us the passive form of "I intend to do something".

 

[tedmc]

Please give us the passive form of "I intend to do something".

1. I intend to do that (something).
2. That (something) is what I intended to do.
3. My intention is to do that (something).

I find 2 and 3 more common than 1.

 

[5jj]

1. I intend to do that (something).
2. That (something) is what I intended to do.
3. My intention is to do that (something).

None of those is passive.

 

[tedmc]

None of those is passive.

OK, what I meant was a participle.

 

[5jj]

None of them contains a participle.

 

[tedmc]

None of them contains a participle.

Something that is intended - intended purpose?

 

[jutfrank]

Offhand, I would say that the noun ("intentions") is used much more often than the verb ("intend").

It's the other way round. The verb occurs approximately twice as frequently as the noun.

Also, the passive form "intended" is more common than the active form.

Again, it's the other way round. The base form is more frequent (I guess that's what you mean by 'common') than the past participle.

 

[tedmc]

It's the other way round. The verb occurs approximately twice as frequently as the noun.



Again, it's the other way round. The base form is more frequent (I guess that's what you mean by 'common') than the past participle.

That's not what the Ngram viewer shows:

Google Books Ngram Viewer

Google Ngrams: intend, intended, intention, 1800-2022

books.google.com

 

[jutfrank]

That's not what the Ngram viewer shows:

Yes, it's what any Ngram would show. I checked a few.

Remember that verbs can be inflected in more ways than nouns, so intend/intends/intended/intending are all verb forms. The noun forms are intention/intentions.