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Balboa1 Posted 8 years ago
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Turn it off meaning

Is this OK: If I wanna turn it off I could just be emotionless and not care about anything in this world.
  

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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.

  • "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.
  • ) However, in this particular case it may be better to write "If I wanted to".
  • With no more context, I understand "turn it off" to mean something like "stop caring or being emotional about things".
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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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