"wanna" is a low-grade contraction that you should use only when you deliberately want to impart a very casual feel, and especially when quoting casual speech. Unless you have good reason to use "wanna", and you understand the effect it creates, write "want to". (The same goes for "gonna" vs.
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"wanna" is a low-grade contraction that you should use only when you deliberately want to impart a very casual feel, and especially when quoting casual speech. Unless you have good reason to use "wanna", and you understand the effect it creates, write "want to". (The same goes for "gonna" vs. "going to".) However, in this particular case it may be better to write "If I wanted to".
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