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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To and with

I want to speak to you

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I want to speak with you
  

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Hi, If you search the Forum, you'll find a lot of discussion of this. Here's the basic idea. I want to speak to you Maybe one person speaks, the other just listens.

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Hi,



If you search the Forum, you'll find a lot of discussion of this.



Here's the basic idea.

I want to speak to you Maybe one person speaks, the other just listens.

I want to speak with you Sounds like both speak and both listen. Also, I'd say it's a somewhat American usage.



The two phrases are often used wi