Taka
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2004
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
- Current Location
- Japan
The sentences:
It's so commonplace today that we take it for granted--the ability to jump into a jumbo jet and fly into the sunset. But, of course, for most of human history we've only been able to dream of flying through the air as the birds do...Indeed, it wasn't until the beginning of the 20th century that serious work could be done on the problem of powered flight.
How do you interpret the "for" above? It doesn't look like it is used to indicate amount, extent, or duration, one of those typical usages of "for".
It's so commonplace today that we take it for granted--the ability to jump into a jumbo jet and fly into the sunset. But, of course, for most of human history we've only been able to dream of flying through the air as the birds do...Indeed, it wasn't until the beginning of the 20th century that serious work could be done on the problem of powered flight.
How do you interpret the "for" above? It doesn't look like it is used to indicate amount, extent, or duration, one of those typical usages of "for".
