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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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want somebody harm

Is this correct in written English? Is this the way a teacher writes it?

I don't hate him so much as to want him harm.

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Hi, Is this correct in written English? Is this the way a teacher writes it? I don't hate him so much as to want him harm.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is this correct in written English?
  • Is this the way a teacher writes it?
  • I don't hate him so much as to want him harm.
  • Say eg I don't hate him so much as wish him harm.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Is this correct in written English? Is this the way a teacher writes it?

I don't hate him so much as to want him harm.

Say eg
I don't hate him so much as wish him harm.

Clive
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Note that

I don't hate him so much as to want to harm him = I hate him, but not so much that I want to harm him
I don't hate him so much as wish him harm. = It's not that I hate him; it's more that I want to harm him..
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I don't hate him so much as to want him harm.
I don't hate him so much as wish him harm.

We seem to have 2 different possibilities here which (if I may) I'll rephrase:

I don't hate him enough to wish him harm.
I don't hate him much, but I wish him harm.

And I do not know which was originally intended.
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Is it ok to leave 'to' in as to wish him harm?
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AnonymousIs it ok to leave 'to' in as to wish him harm?
Not in this sentence:

I don't hate him so much as wish him harm. = It's not that I hate him; it's more that I want to harm him..
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I don't hate him so much as to wish him harm. OR I don't hate him so much as to want him harmed.
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