You don't have to eat it if you don't want (to)

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Winwin2011

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1. You don't have to eat it if you don't want to.
2. You don't have to eat it if you don't want.

Are the above sentences both correct?

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MikeNewYork

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1. You don't have to eat it if you don't want to.
2. You don't have to eat it if you don't want.

Are the above sentences both correct?

Thanks.

I usually hear it with the "to", but I don't think the other version is incorrect.
 

Boris Tatarenko

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What do you think if we replace "want to" with "want it"?
 
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