The sentence "I was wanting to help them." is incorrect because "want" is a stative verb. The correct form would be "I wanted to help them."
La frase "I was wanting to help them." è scorretta con i verbi di stato "want" al continuo. La forma corretta sarebbe "I wanted to help them."
| Question | Is the following sentence correct? “I was wanting to help them.” |
|---|---|
| Title | 2464 |
| QType (0=kprim,1=mc,2=sc) | 2 |
| Q_1 | correct |
| Q_2 | incorrect |
| Q_3 | - |
| Answers | 0 1 0 |
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