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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

I want you will(?)

Is it possible to say:
I want you will be happy.
  

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That may be a version of an old subjunctive usage. " But I haven't heard anything like that in many years. - A.

— Avangi

  • That may be a version of an old subjunctive usage.
  • " But I haven't heard anything like that in many years.
  • - A.
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That may be a version of an old subjunctive usage. My grandfather would have said, "I want you should be happy." But I haven't heard anything like that in many years.

- A.
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I want you to be happy.
I hope (that) you will be happy.
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Thanks to both of you.
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How is that possible? @ Avangi
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Kawthar.K.How is that possible? @ Avangi
Good question, K.K. My second grade teacher (who also taught my father) would sneak up behind a misbehaving student and ask, "You want I should pinch?"

I recently saw a list of possible subjunctive situations, but I can find it now. To wish or to want were commonly rendered in the
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Ah, that is very, very interesting!
I will look it up!
Thanks for the information, Avangi. =)
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