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Perfect Stranger Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

[grammar] wish + was/were and had been

Dear Users,


1) Do we say I wish I were there or I wish I was there?

2) If the event happened in the past, we should say I wish I had been there, is that right?


Thank you.

  

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Perfect Stranger 1) Do we say I wish I were there or I wish I was there? Use the first formally and the second informally. Perfect Stranger 2) If the event happened in the past, we should say I wish I had been there, is that right?

— Mister Micawber

  • Perfect Stranger 1) Do we say I wish I were there or I wish I was there?
  • Use the first formally and the second informally.
  • Perfect Stranger 2) If the event happened in the past, we should say I wish I had been there, is that right?
  • Right.
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Perfect Stranger1) Do we say I wish I were there or I wish I was there?

Use the first formally and the second informally.

Perfect Stranger2) If the event happened in the past, we should say I wish I had been there, is that right?

Right.

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