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Grammar

Conditional mood

Which sentence is correct? (Perhaps, both) And why?


1. (I've got to work a lot in the evening). I wish I didn't have to work a lot in the evening.

2. (I've got to work a lot in the evening).I wish I wouldn't have to work a lot in the evening.
  

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Conditional is not a mood, it is just a kind of sentence. Anyway, this is not conditional, it is just a hypothetical wish: 'I wish I didn't have to work a lot in the evening [but I do]'. Wishing for other people to do things, you might want to be more polite: 'I wish you would not make me work a lot in the evening'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Conditional is not a mood, it is just a kind of sentence.
  • Anyway, this is not conditional, it is just a hypothetical wish: 'I wish I didn't have to work a lot in the evening [but I do]'.
  • Wishing for other people to do things, you might want to be more polite: 'I wish you would not make me work a lot in the evening'.
  • But no point in being polite in this case.
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Conditional is not a mood, it is just a kind of sentence. Anyway, this is not conditional, it is just a hypothetical wish:

'I wish I didn't have to work a lot in the evening [but I do]'.


Wishing for other people to do things, you might want to be more polite:

'I wish you would not make me work a lot in the evening'.

But no point in being polite in this
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The conditional is certainly a mood. And it's better to be more accurate and say construction rather than sentence because a sentence can contain many different constructions.
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