Aubrey Carter

But it's really interesting to look at how this construction creates a little bit of distance because it's so much more direct to say, I want this to be resolved soon.

Or I want us to move forward.

Instead, we use this chunk.

I would like for this to be resolved soon.

It's respectful.

It creates distance.

Yeah.

And first, just to point out, because it's really interesting also to look at just I would like for something to happen and removing the for.

I would like to have, right?

Then of course you can just say like,

I'd like to have chicken for dinner, right?

Without the for, it really removes that bigger feel of it, the distance.

And it means the same as like, I want chicken for dinner.

I would like chicken for dinner.

Right?

That's often how we add that politeness and respect in English, at least in the States, is through our language, through the word choice, how direct what we're saying is.

Really?

I think you just need to demand some of that solar energy.

It's on your roof.

They need to funnel it onto your bill.