He wants to injure me vs He wants me to be injured

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. 'He wants to injure me' implies that he wants to cause harm directly to the speaker, while 'He wants me to be injured' suggests that he desires for the speaker to be harmed by someone or something else.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 849 views

He wants to injure me

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase indicates that he has the intention of causing harm directly to the speaker.

Examples:

He wants to injure me so that I can't compete in the race.
I'm afraid he wants to injure me to get revenge.
Why would he want to injure me when I've done nothing wrong?
She believes he wants to injure me to take my place in the company.
He wants to injure me to prove his superiority.

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You really wouldn't want to injure me with your power.
Careful with that sander honey, you don't want to injure your toilet scrubbing hand.
Careful with that sander honey, you don't want to injure your toilet scrubbing hand.
If we feel that you want to injure our pride... then we will cease to care and death will be our choice.
Do you think want to injure yourself?
Well, we don't want to injure anyone in practice, do we?
- Mandami via, but not to injure me.
Unless we leave orbit, D'Argo's actually threatening to injure me!
Do you promise that you won't attempt to injure me?
First he wants to question these creatures, then he wants to bury them.
He wants to do more and didn't want to take his painkillers.
But he wants justice for Arthur even more than he wants to spite me.
He wants a motorcycle and he wants to be allowed...
If he wants to go, he wants to go.
And I want to hire someone who actually has talent, and he wants to lobotomize the character.
And I suppose I want to hear him say that he wants to come back for me.
He wants to know if you want to play some ball.
Everyone wants to leave this place but he wants to stay.
He wants to know if we want to hang out in the city.
He wants to hang out tonight.

Alternatives:

He intends to harm me.
He desires to hurt me.
He plans to injure me.
He aims to cause me harm.
He is looking to injure me.

He wants me to be injured

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase suggests that he desires for the speaker to be harmed by someone or something else, rather than causing the harm directly.

Examples:

He wants me to be injured in the accident.
I can't believe he wants me to be injured by his dog.
Why would he want me to be injured during the game?
She thinks he wants me to be injured so he can take over.
He wants me to be injured so he can play the hero.

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We don't want anyone injured.
We do not want anyone injured.
He wants me to... he wants me to testify.
He wants me to facilitate a death certificate.
He wants me to make an analysis of your performance and capabilities.
He wants me to bring Lieutenant Waters back in.
So he wants me to go back to Palo Alto.
He wants me to send him photos of boys.
He wants me to let the girl go, and I probably should.
He wants me to bring him a toasted almond.
He wants me to help him build his final machine.
He wants me back as soon as possible.
He wants me to release my emotions using hydrotherapy.
He wants me to alert Shadow Pond security.
He wants me to have it staged by tomorrow.
He wants me to find his killer.
He wants me to be quiet.
He wants me to understand why he's choosing his victims.
Because he wants me to kill him first.
He wants me to quit and just...

Alternatives:

He wishes for me to get hurt.
He hopes for me to be harmed.
He desires for me to suffer an injury.
He is keen on me being injured.
He is aiming for me to be hurt.

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He wants to injure me vs He wants me to be injured