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Verb patterns · CEFR B1 · Independent
To say what you want ANOTHER person to do, the person goes between the two verbs. English cannot use "that" here.
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I want you to come early.
verb + object + to + verb
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I want you to come early.
English says "want you to come" — "want that" is a direct translation from Hindi.
The shape
verb + object + to + verb
Say what you want somebody else to do.
In Hindi
दूसरे व्यक्ति से कुछ करवाने के लिए, वह व्यक्ति दोनों क्रियाओं के बीच आता है। यहाँ "that" नहीं चलता।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I want that you come early. | I want you to come early. English says "want you to come" — "want that" is a direct translation from Hindi. |
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
want somebody to do something is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to verb patterns. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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