Usage of "Phone"

Pooh · #1 (permalink) Tue May 12, 2009 16:43 pm *Usage of "Phone"*

There are two sentances below,
1 is said to be right grammatically
but 2 is NOT right.
I want to know why 2 is not right to say.

1. A friend of mine phoned to invite me to a party.
2. A friend of mine phoned for inviting me to a party.

Mister Micawber · #2 (permalink) Wed May 13, 2009 0:45 am *Usage of "Phone"*

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Native speakers do not use 'for + gerund' in this sort of purpose adjunct; it seems to be a favorite of English learners, for some reason.
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Pooh · #3 (permalink) Wed May 13, 2009 15:14 pm *Usage of "Phone"*

Thanks, but I expected to hear more like linguistic approach to answer to this.

Jpa · #4 (permalink) Wed May 13, 2009 15:50 pm *Usage of "Phone"*

verbs after to,can,should.. and other modals should in root word

Pooh · #5 (permalink) Wed May 13, 2009 21:01 pm *Usage of "Phone"*

Thaks, I knew it and that's irrelevant here.

Kitosdad · #6 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 6:05 am *Usage of "Phone"*

Oh, oh. Trouble on the horizon.
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KArmine · #7 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 6:34 am *Usage of "Phone"*

1) we phone somebody for smth (N)
Eg: She quickly phoned for an ambulance.

2) we phone somebody to do smth (V)
Eg: He phoned to ask me out to dinner.

Hope this helps.

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