Wants or Want?

The first one is correct, the second one is wrong. Dog and wife are both singular, so they use "wants". Dogs or wives would mean you use "want", which is for plural+I+you.

I would say (but be careful, I'm not really sure about it) # With dog / dogs: * **1 dog**: **"My dog wants food."** (Add the **-s** because it’s one dog.) * **2 or more dogs**: **"My dogs want food."** (No **-s** on the verb because it’s more than one dog.) # With wife / wives: * **1 wife**: **"My wife wants to go shopping."** (Add the **-s** because it’s one wife.) * **2 or more wives** (uh-oh! 😅): **"My wives want to go shopping."** (No **-s** on the verb because it’s plural.) # Easy Rule: * **1 = wants** * **2+ = want**

In both cases it should be "wants". It's the 3rd person singular of "to want": I want, you want, he wants.

I / You / We / They - go with ‘want’. He / She / It / *Name* - go with ‘wants’. Both of the above go with ‘wants’: “Our dog wants to go for a walk.” “My wife wants to walk the dog.” “I want to walk with them.” “Dave wants to come too.”

So, English changes verbs based on who is doing them. These changes are relative to the speaker. >First person, singular (the person speaking): "I want...." >First person, plural (the person speaking, plus others): "We want..." >Second person (who the speaker is talking to): "You want..." >Third person, singular (one individual the speaker is talking about): "He wants..." OR "She wants..." OR "It wants...." >Third person, plural (multiple people the speaker is talking about): "They want...." Some grammatical structures might appear to violate these rules. However, generally, that occurs because you've misidentified which verb belongs to the subject of the sentence. For example: >"Does my wife want to go?" The verb being conjugated is "to do," which has become "does." Therefore, "to want" doesn't need the S that it would normally take from being paired with "my wife" ("she").

Well, I think we need more context here. There are constructions in which it would be written *my wife want*, for example: > That TikTok video made my wife want to get a dog.

He/She/It wants ... I/you/we/they want ... Our dog is "it", so "Our dog wants ..." My wife is "she", so "My wife wants ..."

Please post the entire sentence next time.

We need more context. This depends on the rest of the sentence and whether “want” is the main verb or not.

They both should be wants

The way I tend to think of it is that the "s" only appears once: >The kid wantS chocolate. >The kidS want chocolate. Obviously, this hint doesn't work so well when the plural doesn't add an "s" (e.g. people want), but it does help remind one which form to use for singular or plural.

When referring to a singular subject in 3rd-person (when talking -about- a subject from an external standpoint).

My wife want is wrong.

What’s the app? It seems like it’s not very good.