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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

tend vs want

Would you please tell me if there is a difference, even subtle, between these verbs? "tend" and "want".
e.g.
I tend to play basketball on this Friday.
I want to play basketball on this Friday.
  

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The first is not correct. You can say I tend to play basketball on Fridays. (tend implies "usually" so it only works when it denotes habitual behaviour) You can drop "on" in your second sentence, too.

— Ivanhr

  • The first is not correct.
  • You can say I tend to play basketball on Fridays.
  • (tend implies "usually" so it only works when it denotes habitual behaviour) You can drop "on" in your second sentence, too.
  • The two verbs are completely different so I'm not sure why you said "a difference, even subtle".
  • "tend" means " to usually do a particular thing " whereas "want" is more like " like to do something or have something ".
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The first is not correct.

You can say
I tend to play basketball on Fridays. (tend implies "usually" so it only works when it denotes habitual behaviour)

You can drop "on" in your second sentence, too.

The two verbs are completely different so I'm not sure why you said "a difference, even subtle". "tend" means "to usually do a particular thing" whereas "want"
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