To: Alamo-Girl
"Wanting" to live is a figure of speech. I'll leave it to the grammarians to say which one.
47 posted on
06/30/2006 8:57:25 AM PDT by
js1138
(Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
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48 posted on
06/30/2006 9:22:41 AM PDT by
balrog666
(There is no freedom like knowledge, no slavery like ignorance. - Ali ibn Ali-Talib)
To: js1138
Thank you for your reply! Feel free to substitute a word of your liking for "want" in the phrase "want to live". The question remains, what is its origin?
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