Wanting vs. want

[nq:1]"Are you still wanting to go to Burger King for lunch?" Personally it drives me crazy and I think it should be, "Do you still want to go to Burger King for lunch?"[/nq]
Better stay away from Wales and other parts of
Britain where this is the traditional and preferred way of speaking.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[nq:1]What do you think of this sort of construction: "Are you still wanting to go to Burger King for lunch?" ... to "Did you still want to go to..."rather than "Do you still want to go to..." What do you think?[/nq]
It's quite normal, and perfectly correct. The sense in Scotland and Ireland is rather different from that in England and Wales, of course (I mean that it's less marked); but neith

I'm not sure this does overrule grammar; moving back one tense value usually adds politeness and formality to a request - compare 'can you close the window' with 'could you close the window' or (a bit differently) 'I want/wanted to talk to you'.
There's probably a word for this sort of thing...
DC

[nq:2]The "Did you..." is just one of those courteous distancings ... way challenging. Social custom over-ruling grammar: I usually likethat, too.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not sure this does overrule grammar; moving back one tensevalue usually adds politeness and formality to a request - ... window' or (a bit differently) 'I want/wanted to talk to you'. There's probably a word for this sort of thing...[

[nq:1]What do you think of this sort of construction: "Are you still wanting to go to Burger King for lunch?"[/nq]
First of all, there's no way I'm wanting to go to Burger King. Or Greasy Mac's for that matter. (It's sooo bad for you!)
[nq:1]Personally it drives me crazy and I think it should be, "Do you still want to go to Burger King for lunch?"[/nq]
Drives me crazy too. It's just yo

[nq:1]What do you think of this sort of construction: "Are you still wanting to go to Burger King for lunch?" ... a similar objection to "Did you still want to go to..." rather than "Do you still want to go to..."[/nq]
I say "Want you us forto go to the Burger King at lunchtime?"

~Iain

[nq:1]What do you think of this sort of construction: "Are you still wanting to go to Burger King for lunch?" ... "Did you still want to go to..." rather than "Do you still want to go to..." What do you think?[/nq]
They both are utterly correct everywhere. One more usual than another, but I always distinguish normality from validity.
~Iain

Do you realise that everything about that last sentence, except for "crit", has been normal for centuries?
~Iain

[nq:2]What do you think of this sort of construction: "Are ... to..." rather than "Do you still want to go to..."[/nq]
[nq:1]I say "Want you us forto go to the Burger King at lunchtime?"[/nq]
Sorry for repeating it, chaps; M'browser button got a bit, eeew.

~Iain