Timeline for "wanna" at the end of a sentence
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| May 21, 2018 at 1:44 | history | edited | Davislor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 21, 2018 at 0:51 | comment | added | Davislor | @JJJ Well, he’s certainly the most-followed and discussed. | |
| May 21, 2018 at 0:48 | history | edited | Davislor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 21, 2018 at 0:42 | history | edited | Davislor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 21, 2018 at 0:29 | comment | added | JJJ | @Davislor you're right, bad example, he's actually quoting someone who's quoting him. He actually writes the full version most of the time. See here for a full overview and proper search. But then you can't really attack him on Twitter: He is "the best 140 character writer in the world". | |
| May 21, 2018 at 0:25 | comment | added | Davislor | @JJJ Only when he’s limited to 140 (or now 280) characters. | |
| May 21, 2018 at 0:24 | comment | added | JJJ | @Davislor the current president uses 'wanna' in 'writing'. | |
| May 21, 2018 at 0:23 | comment | added | Davislor | @sumelic Edited to more accurately describe the rule that some people have against that usage. | |
| May 21, 2018 at 0:23 | history | edited | Davislor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 21, 2018 at 0:18 | comment | added | Davislor | @sumelic It’s a phonetic spelling. Our last two presidents have frequently pronounced the word that way, but it’s rarely transcribed that way. One exception: the CBS News transcription of its interview with then-President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 13, 2016 quotes him saying, “I'd wanna see, you know, he may have had very good reasons for doing what he did,” and “I wanna do the job. We have some great generals.” A few sources transcribe Barack Obama’s comment, “If folks want to pop off,” as, “If folks wanna pop off,” but not many. | |
| May 20, 2018 at 22:42 | comment | added | Davislor | @J.Taylor Thanks for the welcome! The OP was quoting a student who wrote, “You can go if you wanna,” so in that context, the student meant, “want to.” Some of the other answers assert that the grammar should also be corrected, to “want to go,” and I disagree. But a teacher should be aware that some people do consider sentences that end in to incorrect. | |
| May 20, 2018 at 22:18 | comment | added | Lambie | Well, the thing about want to, need to and have to is that they are an integral part of English. And very much used in speech. And thus, very much used at the end of sentences. That has nothing to do with writing, of course. | |
| May 20, 2018 at 22:11 | comment | added | J. Taylor | Welcome to English Language & Usage. i'm sure the writer meant "wanna", not "want to". The OP did not seem to understand that the two are equivalent, even if "wanna" is not formal standard English . | |
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| May 20, 2018 at 21:41 | history | answered | Davislor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |