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Originally Posted by Mortavia
In the second example you gave, I find it comparable that she could see instead of want and it would still be a single action. Does that make sense? For example, instead of "All she wants is people to be happy" couldn't you say "All she sees is people that are happy?" Both are still referring to people as a collective group, not individually.
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When you switched the verb, you also changed the object.
"All she wants is people to be happy" -> What she wants is the desire for people to be happy
"All she sees is people that are happy" -> What she sees is a group of people that are happy
Likewise, when you simplified the first one to just "All she wants is people," you changed the object from "people to be happy," which is an infinitive phrase, to "people," which is a plural noun.
You're being loose with nouns and I don't think your changes result in comparable sentences.