Sometimes using adverbs of time is confusing.
Non-native speakers like me get in a tendency to carry a grammar logic while constructing sentences in order to be better understood.
I know that using two for in the following sentence is correct :
I've been waiting for you for ages.
but it sounds odd to me. I feel like using the below sentence is more accurate:
I've been waiting you for ages.
Is there an alternative usage in that context?
Best Answer
As others have noted in the comments, it is often considered preferable as a matter of style to avoid reusing the same preposition in a sentence. This is not one of those situations.
^ Each of these is perfectly fine in spoken English. The first sentence might be slightly preferable for written English.
Note that in informal American English, the most common way of rendering the statements in the original question would probably be something like:
especially in spoken English.
(you might replace "for hours" here with "days," or "weeks," or "a really long time," etc., as appropriate)
I've been waiting ages for you is grammatically fine, but using "ages" with this meaning sounds a little stilted--especially to a younger American's ears.
^ this last sentence is not an option under any circumstances; when "you" is included, you cannot omit the "for" (unless you change "waiting" to "awaiting")