Not seeing any video games the kids wanting and acknowledging we certainly don't need any of them, I continued browsing in the toy department.
Why is wanting grammatically incorrect?
I cannot figure out the error.
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1It should be wanted: Not seeing any video games the kids wanted, and acknowledging we certainly don't need any of them, I continued browsing in the toy department.– avpadernoCommented Jan 8 at 11:30
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Did you write this sentence? It doesn't make sense. "Not seeing any [of the] video games [that] the kids wanted..." The phrase in bold describes the games.– Kate BuntingCommented Jan 8 at 11:30
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When you use the continuous form of a verb - the -ing form - you need a 'helping' verb to place the tense, and in your example there isn't one.
For example:
- He is wanting a new bike.
- He was wanting to go this morning but couldn't.
- He will be wanting more.
Your example could work with 'are':
Not seeing any video games the kids are wanting....
However, it doesn't sound very natural. We would probably say "want" or perhaps "wanted", but 'want' matches 'need' which is used later, so I'd go with that.
