Are these sentences the same in meaning?
- I want you to leave me alone.
- I want that you leave me alone.
If not, what's the difference between the two?
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5Possible duplicate of Why do I have to say “want you to do” instead of “want you do”? Also How to know whether to use 'that' in clauses like 'I don't want that you go to Ireland'? and I want you to speak English / that you'll speak English / that you speak English, among others. – FumbleFingers Nov 09 '18 at 13:42
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As @FumbleFingers indicates, this has been answered here several times. Want does not 'license' finite or gerund-participle clauses as complement, only infinitival clauses. – StoneyB on hiatus Nov 09 '18 at 13:50
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@StoneyB: I tentatively considered the possibility that the form (I / we / they) want that you go** might perhaps have been more likely a century or two ago. But that linked NGram suggests it's actually become more common *in recent decades* (more non-native Anglophones getting into print?). Bizarrely, when I try to drill down into the results there (for any date, or all), it can't show me a single one. – FumbleFingers Nov 09 '18 at 14:00