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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

want to; want -ing

0Hi guys02br
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00I do not want Janet coming to the meeting and sticking her oar in.02br
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00I do not want Janet to come to the meeting and stick her oar in.02br
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00If there is any difference between the two sentences, what is it?02br
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00Thanks0-
  

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0There isn't a lot of difference here. 0-

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0There isn't a lot of difference here. 02br
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00Perhaps in the first, it seems like this is something Janet does often.0-
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0 Hi Grammar Geek,02br
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00So 'I do not want Janet coming to the meeting and sticking her oar in.' is not grammatically wrong, am I right? 02br
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00Thank you.02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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00PBF0-
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0Hi Ernest,02br
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00Both of the originals are grammatically correct, yes.0-
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0Okay. Thank you for answering my question, Grammar Geek. 05002br
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00I have just got one more question. 05100 Will there be a difference if I say "Perhaps in the first, it seems like this is something Janet01font00often does02font00." instead of "Perhaps in the first, it seems like this is something Janet 01font
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1i00Often 02i00can move around a little, yes.02br
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00She often does this. She does this often.0-
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