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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Who do you want to (see) win

I think the first sentence is incorrect.

Who do you want to win the match?
Who do you want to see win the match?

Just like the first is wrong right?
Who do you want to fight John?
Who do you want to see fight John?

Thank you
  

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Neither of them seems wrong to me. For example, look at the first example this way: Who do you want to win the match? The 'object' is 'who'.

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  • Neither of them seems wrong to me.
  • For example, look at the first example this way: Who do you want to win the match?
  • The 'object' is 'who'.
  • I want him to win the match.
  • The object is "him".
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Neither of them seems wrong to me. For example, look at the first example this way: Who do you want to win the match? The 'object' is 'who'. I want him to win the match. The object is "him". If you can say the latter of these two examples, then I think it woulf be perfectly OK to say the former as well. I have the same opinion of your other pair of sentences as well. They seem both OK to me.
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Anonymous1. Who do you want to win the match? 2.Who do you want to see win the match?
1. What do you want? You want John to win the match.
2. What do you want? You want to see John win the match.

No problems there.
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