Re: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"

Would "I was going crazy" be more acceptable?  I've heard that construction
a lot.  Is it that it's put in the simple preterite the problem?

Sally

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sai Emrys" <sai@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:58 AM
Subject: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"


>I saw that line in a profile.
>
> My response as a question: "What sort of crazy did you go?"
>
> That seems like a really funny construction to me.
>

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