help with finding the verb phrase

(hint: the verb is a single word in the sentence)

I'm really looking for the verb phrase ...and I know that can be more than one word.....

in that case i think you're right...

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Welcome to A2K.



Terminology for English Grammar has changed in the last 50 years, but I'd identify "don't want" as the verb phrase.

Of course, the "verb phrase" may be what used to be called "the complex predicate" in which case "don't want to enter the spelling contest" is the verb phrase.