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> Finally, anyone have any opinion on "want" vs "wish"? I just re-read my postin
> Gwen (To "want" is too assertive, I can only "wish"?) Gall
> (ggall -at- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com)
I never use "wish." "Want" is a fairly general word, something you usually
learn in the first couple of days in a language class. Queiro agua. ?Y tu?
?Que queires tomar?"
In Websters, one entry under wish is "to want." Want has no similar entry.
Both definitions have "to desire," but under wish, it adds "(as something
unattainable)" which seems to indicate that I can want a raise but only
wish to get a million dollar one.
