just wanted to give vs just want to give

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Just wanted to give' is past tense and is used when referring to something that was intended in the past. 'Just want to give' is present tense and is used when referring to something that is intended in the present or future.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 6815 views

just wanted to give

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to something that was intended in the past.

This phrase is used when you want to express that you had the intention to give something in the past. It is in the past tense.

Examples:

I just wanted to give you a heads up about the meeting yesterday.
She just wanted to give him a small gift for his birthday.

Show examples from the web [+]

Julio just wanted to give Amy and Lieutenant Cooper time to get a team together to follow everybody.
Just wanted to give you a heads-up and tell you about a little stop-and-go traffic up ahead.
Turns out he just wanted to give pinter a reward or something.
We just wanted to give the man his guitar back before he passed.
We just wanted to give you the courtesy of letting you know.
There may be a time restraint here, so we just wanted to give you what we have now.
We just wanted to give you a taste of what it's like to have you for a neighbor.
We can tell her we just wanted to give her a scare.
You just wanted to give yourself an excuse to leave your job, start drinking, drop out of this life you hated.
You know, we just wanted to give back to the community and show everyone a good time.
We just wanted to give you all a big thank you from Team Nedna.
We just wanted to give you all a big thank you from Team Nedna.
We just wanted to give you a salute, they were to go to sea And then they told us to go.
Maybe she just wanted to give him time... ...to buy me presents.
Actually, we all just wanted to give you this.
l just wanted to give you the schedule that l worked out clearing the cafeteria for Ramadan.
So Vince just wanted to give you an $80 cigar and didn't want anything in return?
Just wanted to give her some stability something neither of us had growing up.
Just wanted to give you some sort of welcome.
Just wanted to give you a heads-up before we replace it.

Alternatives:

just wanted to say
just wanted to let you know
just wanted to inform you
just wanted to share

just want to give

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to something that is intended in the present or future.

This phrase is used when you want to express that you have the intention to give something in the present or future. It is in the present tense.

Examples:

I just want to give you a gift for your hard work.
They just want to give back to the community.

Show examples from the web [+]

I just want to give the money back and walk away.
Seriously, mate, I just want to give my key back.
I just want to give you a word of advice.
Just want to give you all my demo.
I just want to give you the chance to come up with a really good one.
Yes, because you have the wrong ideas about me, and I just want to give you my objective opinion.
I just want to give you a chance to work with us.
I'm going to go now, but I just want to give you something to think about, which is, we've got this press conference on, tomorrow.
I just want to give you some cash, you know?
I really just want to give them the chance before...
Maybe I just want to give you a little nip.
I just want to give her the passion and surprises That she deserves.
They just want to give you their blessing.
We just want to give you our thoughts.
I just want to give him some homemade cake.
You really just want to give the people a taste.
We just want to give you a heads-up.
I just want to give you a range.
I just want to give you a range.
I just want to give you some advice.

Alternatives:

just want to say
just want to let you know
just want to inform you
just want to share

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9).

"Thank you!"
Sachi Nakama July 2024
"I have literally been through chat, PI, claude, bard and bing and I got conflicting answers! Thank you! Human intelligence reigns!"
Retha July 2024
"Faster than AI"
CYNTHIA December 2023
"This was very helpful and I personally think this site is the best."
Kaden October 2023
"It was extremely thorough and very helpful!"
imperialelisa October 2023
"7 years without any disappointment. Always 100% satisfied. You guys are the best in the world at what you do. Thank you so much :)"
Zubair Alam October 2023
"In a world of text messages and online communication, this is great to have as a live tool. Thank you."
Selena October 2023
"Without textranch I would be stuck!"
宏祐 October 2023
"Accuracy and fast response. Personal comments from editor. Thank you."
Clh September 2023
"I wasn't aware of this service, it's fascinating and more reliable than standard IA tools available on the internet"
Arturo September 2023
"The fact that you can get reliable fast feedback on your texts."
Vinicius Antonio August 2023
"you guys are better than grammarly i'm being honest here"
ordinary July 2023
"OMG! This is really good than any other text correction tools I've used so far. Highly recommend this."
Vehan July 2023
"Very fast and accurate. thank you."
mojtaba July 2023
"I love this app because it's help to writing skills all of students ♥️"
Tarisini July 2023
"This was exactly the mistake I was looking for, the wording dind´t sound right at first. Better than grammarly!"
Ente July 2023
"The immediate help that I received was reassuring and very satisfactory. Thanks."
priiiyanshuu July 2023
"this helps A LOT for my studies."
kathnunez02 June 2023
"Woow!! I would never have expected such precision! Thank you soooo much!!"
Berta June 2023
"Real Time Editor and not AI. Many Thanks."
Priya June 2023
"The very first thing excites me about Textranch is how much your editors care."
sepideh June 2023
"The fact that texts are checked by human editors rather than by AI, etc. I appreciate this!"
Анна June 2023
"Feel welcome, immediate response, high quality feedback"
martin.roy June 2023
"This is the best app that I have ever seen"
Burulai May 2023

just wanted to give vs just want to give