Re: shifting usage of "want"

Hi!

René Uittenbogaard writes:
> 2008/4/16, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>:
>> Rene:
>>  <<
>>  Some kind of dirty shortcut, if you ask me.
>>  >>
>>
>>  A dirty shortcut indeed!  Wow, what fascinating examples!
>>  You know what would be interesting is some examples that
>>  are ungrammatical, if you can dream some up.
>
> Well, to be honest, they all sound quite ungrammatical to me, except
> the original usage where "want" is followed by a complete main clause.
The same happens in German, BTW.  With 'weil'.  Sounds very lazy to
me, but not ungrammatical:

    Das Bier schmeckt nicht, weil    zu  kalt.
    The beer tastes   not    because too cold.

**Henrik

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