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I did not wish my family to know about Sara vs. I did not like my family to know about Sara

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

mojtaba vahdatiI did not wish my family to know about Sara.

This is fine. "wish" or "want" are possible here. "wish" is more formal.

mojtaba vahdatiI did not like my family to know about Sara.

This is not quite idiomatic. To keep a meaning similar to your first sentence you can write

I would not like my family to know about Sara.

"would like" is a more polite form of "want".
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With some changes it can be made to mean something different from your first sentence.

I did not like the fact that my family knew about Sara.

In this case your family already knew about Sara, and you did not like that.

CJ

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