I don't want it happen again. vs I don't want it to happen again.

The correct phrase that's needed here is "I don't want it to happen again." The infinitive form of the verb "to happen" should be used after the verb "want." The phrase is commonly used in English to express the desire to prevent something from occurring in the future.

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Last updated: August 04, 2024

I don't want it happen again.

This phrase is incorrect. The infinitive form of the verb "to happen" should be used after the verb "want."

Incorrect usage. The correct form should be "I don't want it to happen again."

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This is a great job, but I've already been wrong twice and I don't want it to happen again.
They're what got my fiancé killed. I don't want to see it happen again.
I don't actually technically want it to happen again.
Just don't want it to happen again.
Terry, I don't want this to happen again.
I let you get away from me once, and I don't want that to happen again.
I think Cora's tricked us before. I don't want that to happen again.
I don't want to see this happen again.
And I just don't want that to happen again.
We had a dinner date one night, and I was a few minutes she didn't want it to happen again.
I just - I didn't want it to happen again.
You leave a woman alone for five years, two kids... the only thing that she knows is that she doesn't want it to happen again.
BECAUSE I LIKE MY JOB, AND I DON'T WANT WHAT HAPPENED TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
Of course I wouldn't want that to happen again.
And that's what Galvatron wants to happen again.
He said he lost his last girlfriend to a Serbian actor and he didn't want that to ever happen again.
The last time they got out, people died, and Clark wouldn't want that to happen again.
It marked a moment, a feeling, a memorial of something I never want to have happen again.
And I know none of us want that to happen again.
If I'm not there by 5:00, Joyce will anchor the news, and l don't think anyone wants that to happen again.

I don't want it to happen again.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Correct usage. Use this phrase to express the desire to prevent something from occurring in the future.

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This is a great job, but I've already been wrong twice and I don't want it to happen again.
I don't actually technically want it to happen again.
They're what got my fiancé killed. I don't want to see it happen again.
Just don't want it to happen again.
We had a dinner date one night, and I was a few minutes she didn't want it to happen again.
I just - I didn't want it to happen again.
You leave a woman alone for five years, two kids... the only thing that she knows is that she doesn't want it to happen again.
Terry, I don't want this to happen again.
I let you get away from me once, and I don't want that to happen again.
I think Cora's tricked us before. I don't want that to happen again.
And I just don't want that to happen again.
I don't want it to happen to my man.
But I don't want it to happen because you two are fighting.
And I don't want it to happen to them.
I don't want to see this happen again.
BECAUSE I LIKE MY JOB, AND I DON'T WANT WHAT HAPPENED TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
And that's what Galvatron wants to happen again.
Of course I wouldn't want that to happen again.
So they don't want it to happen.
The last time they got out, people died, and Clark wouldn't want that to happen again.

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