That Ellusive "That"-Clause (Worshipped By Grice)

In "The Implicatures of Speranza" Kramer notes,

i. I'm waiting for the Robert E. Lee.
ii. I'm waiting for the arrival of the Robert E. Lee.
iii. I'm hoping that the Robert E. Lee will arrive

etc.

In iii, 'that' can be dropped:

iv. I'm hoping the Robert E. Lee will arrive.

Yet Grice, droppable and all as a 'that'-clause is, loved it. R. Hall I informed that the OED looked pretty parochial about this: the first cite for 'that'-clause being Austin!

R. Hall informed me -- in CHORA -- publicly, of the earlier quotes for that. "A pretty common term, too".

In any case, this short note, to point out Kramer's apt observation:

regarding

his

"although you cannot wait that the Robert E. Lee arrive, you can wait for it to do so."

Egsactly. Which is back to the ellusive logical form.

For in the 'for it to do so' lurks the that-clause, only differently.

Similarly, or ditto, you can say, I hope -- (I loved incidentally, Kramer's metalingusitic use of 'cannot' in "you cannot wait that the Robert E. Lee arrive", which compares with Ryle's, "you cannot expect Monday to be in bed with between").

I am waiting for the arrival of the Robert E. Lee.

which transpires as Kramer's

I am waiting for the Robert E. Lee to arrive.

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I think Strawson discusses this, as he should, shouldn't he, in Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar. That-clauses in subject and object-positions, etc.

Etc.