Timeline for How to know whether to use 'that' in clauses like 'I don't want that you go to Ireland'?
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| Feb 28, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | Colin Fine | That's right. You just have to learn that (for example) "want" takes an infinitive clause with 'to' (I want him to go.); but "desire" can take an infinitive clause with "to" or a finite clause introduced by "that" (I desire him to go. I desire that he goes (or that he go - so-called 'subjunctive')), and "wish" can take an infinitive clause with "to" or a finite conditional clause optionally introduced by "that": ( I wish him to go. I wish [that] he would go.) | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 15:08 | vote | accept | cape | ||
| Feb 28, 2016 at 15:07 | history | answered | Schwale | CC BY-SA 3.0 |