In the first part of this essay I was defining "I want" as present perfect continuous: I say that I want to do something when I have already been doing this for a while. This proves that my words are not just words but also actions, that my future tense is all right, that there is no gap between 'I want" and 'I do' or the gap is minimal.

[Here's the yin part.]Here's ( Read more... )

For a month I've been exploring what 'I want' is and the day before yesterday I felt that I reached a milestone.
[Let us define the notions!]

In most cases 'I want to do X' for me means not future simple or continuous but present perfect continuousI'm not talking about cases like 'I want to have a fruit salad for tomorrow's breakfast' or 'I want to wear this particular suit ( Read more... )