I don't want to see

[Ador]

Do these sentences have same meaning?

1. I don't want to see any more posts submitted claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God.

2. I don't want to see any more submitted posts claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God.

 

[GoesStation]

Sentence one is natural and, if you fix the capitalization of "COVID-19", correct.

Sentence two is incorrect except in one very unlikely context.

 

[Tarheel]

I would simplify that sentence.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I would simplify that sentence.

Yes. If you saw the posts, they were submitted. If they hadn't been submitted, you wouldn't have seen seen them.

So "I don't want to see any more posts claiming . . . ." would be better.

 

[Ador]

Yes. If you saw the posts, they were submitted. If they hadn't been submitted, you wouldn't have seen seen them.

So "I don't want to see any more posts claiming . . . ." would be better.

Can I write it like this "I don't want to see any more being submitted posts claiming that COVID-19 is a punishment by God".

 

[Rover_KE]

Can I write it like this: "I don't want to see any more being submitted posts claiming that COVID-19 is a punishment by God"?

No—that's ungrammatical.

Please tell us who you are addressing in the the original sentence and in what context. Where are you seeing such posts?

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I write it like this? "I don't want to see any more being submitted posts claiming that COVID-19 is a punishment by God."

No. It would be OK if you changed the word order to "... any more posts being submitted claiming that ..."

As has already been noted, a post you see is one that has already been submitted so you can just say "I don't want to see any more posts claiming that ...". The only context in which you might use "posts submitted" is if you are the moderator of a website or thread and people have to submit their posts to you for approval before the post goes out to the public.

 

[Ador]

No. It would be OK if you changed the word order to "... any more posts being submitted claiming that ..."

As has already been noted, a post you see is one that has already been submitted so you can just say "I don't want to see any more posts claiming that ...". The only context in which you might use "posts submitted" is if you are the moderator of a website or thread and people have to submit their posts to you for approval before the post goes out to the public.

Thanks "emsrd2d2". Sorry, I just forgot to put the word "posts" before "being submitted". You really have an eagle eye! So, now can I say that both of these sentences "I don't want to see any more posts submitted claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God."
and "I don't want to see any more posts being submitted claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God." have same meaning?

 

[Tarheel]

No. You don't understand. A moderator might see posts that have been submitted but not approved. Then it is up to that person to either approve them or not. The rest read posts that have already been approved.

 

[jutfrank]

What's the issue here, Ador? Is it the fact that submitted comes after posts that is perplexing you?

You can think of the word submitted as a past participle verb as part of a reduced passive phrase. I think the structure is confusing because there's a combination of two patterns:

1) want something done

and

2) see something done

to make

3) want to see something done

I think a simple way of explaining the sentence is to use only the first of these patterns, as shown below. Secondly, for the sake of simplicity, we can remove the latter participle phrase, which makes no difference to the meaning or use of the first part of the sentence.

I don't want any more posts [to be] submitted.

I hope that helps.

 

[Ador]

What's the issue here, Ador? Is it the fact that submitted comes after posts that is perplexing you?

You can think of the word submitted as a past participle verb as part of a reduced passive phrase. I think the structure is confusing because there's a combination of two patterns:

1) want something done

and

2) see something done

to make

3) want to see something done

I think a simple way of explaining the sentence is to use only the first of these patterns, as shown below. Secondly, for the sake of simplicity, we can remove the latter participle phrase, which makes no difference to the meaning or use of the first part of the sentence.

I don't want any more posts [to be] submitted.

I hope that helps.

Thanks "jutfrank" for removing my confusion. I have posted that two sentences in other English groups. They said these two sentences "I don't want to see any more posts submitted claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God." and "I don't want to see any more posts being submitted claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God." mean same thing and that confused me.