I don’t want to mislead anyone. vs want to mislead anyone.

The first phrase, 'I don’t want to mislead anyone,' is correct and commonly used in English. It includes the subject 'I' and the negation 'don’t,' making the sentence clear and grammatically correct. The second phrase, 'Want to mislead anyone,' is incomplete and lacks the subject and negation, making it incorrect as a standalone sentence.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"I don’t want to mislead anyone."

This phrase is a complete sentence expressing the speaker's lack of desire to deceive or give false information to anyone.

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I don't want to mislead you.
Mrs. Brinks, I don't want to mislead you.
I don't want to mislead you.
I don't want to mislead you, but I don't want to lie to you either.
And I don't want to mislead you
NED: My mustache is bristly, my letters are epistly And I don't want to mislead you I like to hug and kissly EDNA:
I don't want to be accused of supporting ghettoizing anyone.
I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.
It may be a false alarm and I don't want to worry anyone.
I don't want to have to babysit anyone.
I don't want to force anyone.
Tease me if you will, but I don't want to be pursued by him or Lord anyone.
Hell, I don't want to sue anyone.
Yes, but tell Jeff that I don't want to depend on anyone.
This is a bet. I don't want to be taking anything off anyone.
I don't want to look.
I don't want to die yet.
Because I don't want to discuss it.
I don't want to talk about that.
I don't want to be rude.

This phrase is incorrect as a standalone sentence.

"want to mislead anyone."

This phrase needs to be part of a complete sentence with a subject and possibly a negation to convey a clear meaning.

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Finally, on the selling material, Mr. LLOYD also denied allegations it was made to mislead clients, as the material was not, as I saw it at the time, designed to mislead anyone.
I bet Detective Blades went out of his way... not to mislead anyone about his status.
We made a list of all the discrepancies, so you can see that in no way did Officer McNally mislead anyone.
This would allow citizens to make an enlightened choice, which means that we cannot mislead anyone.
I don't want to mislead you.
Mrs. Brinks, I don't want to mislead you.
I don't want to mislead you.
I would not want to mislead the House or the honourable Member into believing that there was any automatic right of allocation.
I don't want to mislead you, but I don't want to lie to you either.
And I don't want to mislead you
NED: My mustache is bristly, my letters are epistly And I don't want to mislead you I like to hug and kissly EDNA:
Do I want to help anyone.
Steve, he would lie because he didn't want to hurt anyone.
He was embarrassed and didn't want to tell anyone.
These spirits, I don't think they want to help anyone.
I don't want to be accused of supporting ghettoizing anyone.
It's not something you want to tell to just anyone.
It's not like we want to hurt anyone.
He wants to keep me locked up so I never meet anyone.
We simply don't want to depend on anyone.

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I don’t want to mislead anyone. vs want to mislead anyone.

"I don’t want to mislead anyone."

"want to mislead anyone."

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