Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: He doesn't want me coming

E' una forma comune quella di "want" +ing? 

> E' una forma comune quella di "want" +ing?
E' una forma colloquiale ma abbastanza scadente. E' meglio dire "He doesn't
want me to come."

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Ok, quindi la eviterò. L'avevo sentita ieri per la prima volta. 

On Oct 23, 3:55 pm, "Tony the Ice Man"
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I respectfully submit that although it's colloquial, it's not
something to be avoided, and in fact can carry a nuance that the "to
xxx" form doesn't.
"He doesn't want me to come and cause trouble." (No indication of
repetition.)
"He doesn't want me coming around here and causing trouble." (Implying
I might "come around here" frequently.)

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Intanto ho trovato la parodia di un esempio famoso
"Who do you want answering the phone?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm42SF5KimQ
 

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He should have run for President.
-- 
Joe/Joey da New York

 I might "come around here" frequently.)
Although there is almost always a slight difference in connotation when one 
uses different words, I would say "He doesn't want me ever to come and cause 
trouble." Of course, if I wanted to sound like Joe the Plumber, I would 
definitely use 'coming'. Keep in mind, the situation itself that the phrase 
suggests is rather a setup for colloquialisms, isn't it? 

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm42SF5KimQ
The version equivalent to the original example you gave would be: "He
doesn't want me answering the phone."
Of course, you can say it. People say it. However, as I said, it doesn't
sound as proper as "He doesn't want me to answer the phone."

 suggests is rather a setup for colloquialisms, isn't it?
I'm not sure the gerund is so bad.
"I don't want the cat to sit on this chair when the Queen arrives"
sounds
to me like my worry is that the cat will sit down just as the Queen
shows up.
"I don' t want the cat sitting on this chair when the Queen arrives"
sounds
to me like I don't want the cat to be already in the chair when the
Queen
arrives.

 Queen arrives.
I don't want the cat to be sitting on the couch all day.
(I don't wait for the Queen down here.)
ciao, Janis

 I'm not sure the gerund is so bad.
Anche nella frase "He doesn't want me coming." ?

 Anche nella frase "He doesn't want me coming." ?
IMO, if that's the extent of your sentence, then I would say 
"He doesn't want me to come" because the context doesn't imply or need any 
sense of repetition, (although in the greater context of whatever 
conversation has preceded your statement, your example would make more sense 
than the version with the infinitive.)
My point is that there are nuances between the two uses and each has its 
place.
Context: colloquial spoken AE. Let's not lose sight of that.
I"m not Joe the Plumber, btw; I"m Joe the Computer Tutor/Newsletter Editor.
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 Queen arrives.
That's a perfectly fine thing to say and it sounds better than "me coming.".
However, if I wanted to my speech to sound more 'proper' I would say instead
"I don't want the cat to be sitting on this chair when the Queen arrives" or
"I don't want the Queen to find the cat sitting on this chair when she
arrives."
I should add, for Italian readers trying to figure out just what to think of 
these subtleties, that there were problably many times when I've said "me 
coming." I would hope, though, that it hasn't slipped into my writing or any 
formal address..