want sb. to do or doing

[jasonlulu_2000]

"But Cumberbatch wants no one thinking that he's like his brilliant characters, nor does he want to be stuck playing them forever."

As far as I learn, "want somebody or something to do". But in the sentence above which is abstracted from a magazine, I see "wants no one thinking". Is there anything wrong in the usage of "want" here?

Thanks!

Jason

 

[bhaisahab]

"But Cumberbatch wants no one thinking that he's like his brilliant characters, nor does he want to be stuck playing them forever."

As far as I learn, "want somebody or something to do". But in the sentence above which is abstracted from a magazine, I see "wants no one thinking". Is there anything wrong in the usage of "want" here?

Thanks!

Jason

No, it's OK.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

I'm wonder why it's OK.
I've never seen a construction want smb / smth + Ving, everyone knows just + to do smth.
Can you exaplain to me why that sentence is OK.
Thanks.

 

[Tdol]

I don't know about other variants, but it is used in BrE. Its meaning is something like he hopes that no one is thinking or will think.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is fine in AmE also. For me there is an implied "to be" before "thinking".