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New2grammar  #536797  Fri, 04 Jul 08 10:17 PM
I yelled [for/to] them to stop.

Is there any difference?
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Clive  #536807  Fri, 04 Jul 08 11:36 PM
Hi,
I yelled [for/to] them to stop.

Is there any difference?
Not much.
Let's consider a scenario of a mother and her two children. The children are being noisy.

I yelled to them to stop. My voice was directed at the children.
I yelled for them to stop. My voice may have been directed at the mother.

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New2grammar  #536819  Sat, 05 Jul 08 12:06 AM
Thanks, Clive.
  
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