Angliholic  +  956173 Thu, 29 Oct 09 12:21 PM Please hurry up! We have been waited for an hour. Please hurry up! We have been waiting for an hour.     Hi, Do both of the above sound good though they mean differently? Thanks. Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,476 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達

	Mister Micawber  +  956193 Thu, 29 Oct 09 01:09 PM Only this one is English:  Please hurry up! We have been waiting for an hour. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,869 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Delmobile  +  956199 Thu, 29 Oct 09 01:13 PM The first is incorrect. You can be labeled, or short-listed, or cheated, but these are things other people do to you. If you are the ones doing the waiting, you can't be "waited." Please hurry up! We've been ignored for an hour. We've been delayed for an hour. Delmobile Joined on Wed, Jan 2 2008 Contributing Member 1,082

	Ivanhr  +  956201 Thu, 29 Oct 09 01:15 PM Perhaps with the first sentence you meant 'Please hurry up! We have kept people waiting for an hour' Ivanhr Joined on Fri, Oct 2 2009 Full Member 206 Sentences

	Angliholic  +  956220 Thu, 29 Oct 09 01:53 PM Ivanhr “   Perhaps with the first sentence you meant 'Please hurry up! We have kept people waiting for an hour' ” Thanks to all of you! Yes, that's what the first sentence tries to convey. Doesn't it make sense?   Please hurry up! We have been waited (by others) for an hour.   Angliholic Sentences

	khoff  +  956259 Thu, 29 Oct 09 03:05 PM No.  You can sometimes use "awaited" -- "your arrival has been eagerly awaited" but in your sentence even "awaited" would not sound natural.  You need to say something like,"Please hurry up!  They've been waiting for us for an hour already!"  Or "we have kept people waiting for an hour." khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,278 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Sentences

	CalifJim  +  956364 Thu, 29 Oct 09 05:05 PM Angliholic “ Doesn't it make sense? Please hurry up! We have been waited (by others) for an hour. ” No.  It doesn't make sense.  It's either of these, and the first is much better: We have been waiting for an hour. We have been made to wait for an hour. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,475 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Delmobile  +  956491 Thu, 29 Oct 09 08:20 PM I know this isn't what you want, but you could say, "We've been expected for an hour." Delmobile

	Angliholic  +  956570 Thu, 29 Oct 09 09:50 PM Thanks, all of my helpful friends.   But I'm still a bit confused. Why doesn't the following sound right?   We have been waited by others for an hour.   Isn't it the passive voice of the following? If the following is right, then why is the above wrong?   Others have waited for us for an hour. Angliholic Relationships, Friendships, Friends