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Diamondofparadis Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

To Want or Wanting

Hello

Which one is correct?

Life here is to want perfection.

Life here is wanting perfection.

  

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The sentiment expressed by those sentences is so unusual that it's difficult to say what you mean by them without further context. The grammar is correct in either case, but the exact meaning is unclear. I think I'd use the second one.

  • The sentiment expressed by those sentences is so unusual that it's difficult to say what you mean by them without further context.
  • The grammar is correct in either case, but the exact meaning is unclear.
  • I think I'd use the second one.
  • CJ
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The sentiment expressed by those sentences is so unusual that it's difficult to say what you mean by them without further context. The grammar is correct in either case, but the exact meaning is unclear.

I think I'd use the second one.

CJ

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