William wants to go to Morocco.
Stephanie wants [Stephanie] to be a firefighter.
>>The term equi is used to characterise any construction in which an overt NP in once clause and a covert NP in another clause are identical.
>>In Stephanie wants to be a firefighter, the equi is subject controlled; this means that the content of the lower, covert subject is determined by the content of the higher subject.
Stephanie wants her son to be a firefighter.
>>If the subject of the infinitive clause is different from that of the higher verb, the subject must be explicitly stated.
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