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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Wanting vs want(s)

Sometimes (but not so often) I hear, or read, people use "be wanting" instead of "wants"
(example: Is she wanting to be won back? http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0136542/quotes).
What are the rules?

Thanks,
  

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Anonymous "be wanting" instead of "wan t" It's not common. It sounds a little like slang. It can be used to indicate a sort of temporary wanting, I suppose, but it's not necessary to use 'be wanting' because 'want' is the standard form.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous "be wanting" instead of "wan t" It's not common.
  • It sounds a little like slang.
  • It can be used to indicate a sort of temporary wanting, I suppose, but it's not necessary to use 'be wanting' because 'want' is the standard form.
  • " 'be wanting' is best left as something you understand passively, but something you don't use actively in your own writing and speech.
  • CJ
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Anonymous"be wanting" instead of "want"
It's not common. It sounds a little like slang. It can be used to indicate a sort of temporary wanting, I suppose, but it's not necessary to use 'be wanting' because 'want' is the standard form. It makes no sense to me in the link you provided, where it means exactly the same as the
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