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Ticce Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Had or Would
What is the rule for using HAD and WOULD in the following construction.
I wish I hadn't met you.
I wish you would do it.
It is confusing as it could be swaped into
I wish I wouldn't have met you.
I wish you had done it.
I wish I hadn't met you.
I wish you would do it.
It is confusing as it could be swaped into
I wish I wouldn't have met you.
I wish you had done it.
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These two mean the same thing but the second is non-standard. I wish I hadn't met you. I wish I wouldn't have met you.
- These two mean the same thing but the second is non-standard.
- I wish I hadn't met you.
- I wish I wouldn't have met you.
- These two are not the same, as indicated.
- I wish you would do it.
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These two mean the same thing but the second is non-standard.
I wish I hadn't met you.
I wish I wouldn't have met you.
These two are not the same, as indicated.
I wish you would do it. [at some point in the future.] This looks to the future.
I wish you had done it.
I wish I hadn't met you.
I wish I wouldn't have met you.
These two are not the same, as indicated.
I wish you would do it. [at some point in the future.] This looks to the future.
I wish you had done it.
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Sorry, as for the second thing, I meant
I wish you wouldn't have done it.
I wish you hadn't done it.
Just an oversight.
So, did I get it right that - I wish I hadn't met you. - I wish I wouldn't have met you. - mean the same? However, the test says that only one of them is correct. There must be a deeper explanation, I suppose.
I wish you wouldn't have done it.
I wish you hadn't done it.
Just an oversight.
So, did I get it right that - I wish I hadn't met you. - I wish I wouldn't have met you. - mean the same? However, the test says that only one of them is correct. There must be a deeper explanation, I suppose.
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