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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!



 
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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'! #1 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:45 am   Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!
 

Hey!
A have a question about this sentence:
"We would much rather this turn into a "slanging war"!"
isn't there a verb missing? like "we would much rather see this turn..."?
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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'! #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:13 am   Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!
 

Meisje, the use of "see" would be optional in this sentence.
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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'! #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:19 am   Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!
 

Hi Meisje,

In your sentence -

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We would much rather this turn into a "slanging war".


The verb 'turn' is used in the subjunctive and suggests 'were to turn'. If you introduce 'see', which would make perfect sense, you change the structure.

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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'! #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 13:40 pm   Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!
 

Hello,

Is "We would much rather this turned into a 'slanging war'" wrong?
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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'! #5 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 14:08 pm   Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!
 

"We would much rather this turned into a 'slanging war'" wrong?

Or alternatively;

"We would much rather see this turning into a slanging war"

This get better by the minute. English eh!
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Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'! #6 (permalink) Mon Jul 13, 2009 14:42 pm   Verb missing: We would much rather this turn into a 'slanging war'!
 

Hi,
I think that ".............Turned..........." is also correct.
Because we use "would rather+subject+past tense",but the meaning is present or future:
I'd rather cook the dinner now.(=I'd rather you cooked the dinner now.)
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