English grammar problem?

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Hoi

2016-08-18 1:32 am

Tom 昨晚一直都想死，但始終都無去自殺。想問問大家現在我可唔可以講"Tom wanted to die last night."

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琴研

2016-08-18 6:14 am

Tom was attempting suicide all night long yesterday, but he couldn't.
wanted to感覺體現不出動作的持續性，但be doing結構能表現持續和反復嘗試

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