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Await vs. Wait.

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Reply Fri 1 Nov, 2002 01:20 pm
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Await is always Transitive, taking a direct object.


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Wait is more straightforward and less ceremonious than await, althought the latter is appropriate in the following examples.

The Jury awaits the verdict.
We shall await your arival.

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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Fri 1 Nov, 2002 01:29 pm
I await the next posting with (a)bated breath.
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Reply Wed 6 Nov, 2002 06:01 pm
Well if you have been abating all this time, you are not going to get much older..

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