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"last" or "last for" The Chinese New Year celebration usually lasts (or "lasts for" ?) 15 days. Is the "for" necessary ?
Jan 23, 2012 6:31 PM
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The celebration lasts 15 days. Here you may write "to last" without '"for". But in the next phrase you need to write "for", because here "for ever = forever" is an adverb. This winter seems to last for ever.
January 23, 2012
No, it is not necessary to have the "for."
January 23, 2012
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