English Language & Usage Asked on January 24, 2021
In (a), for example, you is the semantic subject of apologize:
a. I’ve been waiting for you to apologize.
Is there any for + NP + to-infinitive
where the NP is not the semantic subject of the infinitive?
"Subject" is a syntactic and not a semantic function. If you are talking about semantic roles, in your example "you" is a potential undergoer who is expected to perform something. In a sentence such as: "it was hard for him to leave", instead, "him" encodes an experiencer.
Answered by user373710 on January 24, 2021
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