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pasawaya
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  • New York, United States
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Semantic difference between “if I did not want” and “if I wanted”
Would you mind if I unaccepted to allow for other answers? I would reaccept your answer after a couple days.
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Semantic difference between “if I did not want” and “if I wanted”
@Kris - Could you elaborate? I for my part cannot discern a difference in meaning between the two.
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Semantic difference between “if I did not want” and “if I wanted”
I noticed that someone voted to close this as it is "Not a real question". Just to reiterate, the question is "Are 'if I did not want' and 'if I wanted' the same in meaning", and "Is there a subtle difference between them."
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Term for "a pattern that repeats once induced"
@Robusto - I did, but what I'm describing isn't really a habit. What I'm describing involuntarily repeats, regardless of the wish of the person it affects, and it doesn't necessarily benefit said person. For example, in the above situation, I don't want to go to sleep really late, but I have to because I did it the previous night.
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