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Discover LudwigThe phrase "wait somebody" is grammatically incorrect and should not be used in written English
Instead, the correct phrase would be "wait for somebody." Example: "Please wait for me outside the restaurant, I'll be there in five minutes."
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Wendy: while I was waiting somebody else had…who had been recalled, um, had been told that they, you know, they did have something and obviously they were distressed and, you know, people waiting, that was distressing as well…I could hear, I couldn't see her, but I could hear her and that was distressing, yes.
This can lead to a lot of innocent deaths, since traitors can sometimes wait until somebody's looking at another person, then kill them somehow.
Consumers should not have to wait until somebody in the school lunch program blows the whistle.
They can send the sample to the lab or wait until somebody comes to collect it.
She was told to wait and somebody from the Embassy's Maintenance and Repair Dept.
What that means is don't wait for somebody to do something for you.
I used to wait for somebody to walk with me to my car.
"Should we wait until somebody is hurt or another kid is addicted?" he said.
Don't let's wait for somebody else to co-opt him.
"This is not the time of year to wait for somebody to wake up.
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