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Rule "'afford', 'choose', 'deserve', 'pretend', 'learn', 'strive', 'want' and 'struggle' used with gerund instead of infinitive"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	'afford', 'choose', 'deserve', 'pretend', 'learn', 'strive', 'want' and 'struggle' used with gerund instead of infinitive
Message:	If '\1' is used as a verb, it usually requires the infinitive.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://www.grammaring.com/to-infinitive-or-gerund-need-require-want
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	We don't want hoping for the deal. Correction suggestion: to hope Maybe you want creating an Issue here. Correction suggestion: to create To me that is feature rich and could not be the only want seeking out such capabilities. Correction suggestion: to seek I want all the settings to be exactly the same for both and don’t want duplicating things. Correction suggestion: to duplicate McCain wrote that while he supports the legislation, he does not want authorizing provisions in the final appropriations bill. Correction suggestion: to authorize
Correct sentences for comparison:	I’m thinking that I might be misguided in trying to get it to work with the new app and that I can accomplish what I want using only the classic app. We would want Clearing broker to pay executing broker. Tom isn't the kind of person I want dating my daughter. Just temporarily change the DTH for the device to the tweaker, make the changes you want including setting association groups, then change back to your everyday DTH. A thimble can be very useful for sewing, if you don't want bleeding fingers. The belt wants replacing also.
ID:	AFFORD_VBG [2]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)