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Dileepa Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference between "be doing" and "to do"

I found the first sentence from one of movies that I've watched. Please someone tell me what is the difference between the following sentences.

from movie : I don't wanna be doing this, ok?

what I wrote : I don't wanna to do this, ok?

  

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In spite of the fact that you may see "wanna" in written form, outside of movie scripts and literal quotations in novels, we always write it "want to" even when it is pronounced "wanna". Note that the final "a" in "wanna" represents "to", so "wanna to" is equivalent to "want to to", which is wrong. dileepa I found the first sentence from one of movies that I've watched.

  • In spite of the fact that you may see "wanna" in written form, outside of movie scripts and literal quotations in novels, we always write it "want to" even when it is pronounced "wanna".
  • Note that the final "a" in "wanna" represents "to", so "wanna to" is equivalent to "want to to", which is wrong.
  • dileepa I found the first sentence from one of movies that I've watched.
  • Please someone tell me what is the difference between the following sentences.
  • from movie : I don't wanna be doing this, ok?
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In spite of the fact that you may see "wanna" in written form, outside of movie scripts and literal quotations in novels, we always write it "want to" even when it is pronounced "wanna". Note that the final "a" in "wanna" represents "to", so "wanna to" is equivalent to "want to to", which is wrong.


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I found the first sentence from one of movies that I

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