Are these sentences okay?
1. There is nothing I want more than that you should be happy and contented.
2. I am ready to do the work myself rather than that you should have to do it.
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Anonymous Are these sentences okay? Yes. The second is slightly unidiomatic, however.
- Anonymous Are these sentences okay?
- Yes.
- The second is slightly unidiomatic, however.
- You could write this instead: I am ready to do the work myself rather than have you do it.
- CJ
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AnonymousAre these sentences okay?
Yes. The second is slightly unidiomatic, however. You could write this instead:
I am ready to do the work myself rather than have you do it.
CJ
0Thank you very much CJ as always. 
I'm wondering if the that clause in the first sentence is related to the verb 'want'.
0AnonymousI'm wondering if the that clause in the first sentence is related to the verb 'want'.
It's more related to 'than', which can take a that-clause.
CJ
0Is the following version still correct? If not, why?
I am ready to do the work myself rather than that have you do it.
0Persian LearnerIs the following version still correct? If not, why?
I am ready to do the work myself rather than that have you do it.
No. In the first case the that-clause is a complement, indirectly, of want. Here it can't be an indirect complement of do. Here you would omit that and compare do and
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