(S + WANT/WANTS + S2 + TO + V1)
Mary wants Karl to drive her car.
(If he won't eat green fish at the same time.)
Now the nice thing about this formula
(S + WANT/WANTS + S2 + TO + V1)
is that you can change it to the Past or the
Future easily! All you have to do is change the form of WANT to
WANTED or WILL WANT.
Look:
Mary wants Karl to drive her car.
(S + WANT/WANTS + S2 + TO + V1)
Mary wanted Karl to drive her car.
(S + WANTED + S2 + TO + V1)
Mary will want Karl to drive her car.
(S + WILL WANT + S2 + TO + V1)
See, just change the one word and you have a time machine!
MORE! Clauses and (TO + V1)
Note: You are beginning to understand one reason that English speakers make
their sentences so long. Clauses.
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