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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Had wished
Hello....
In the below, I wonder why "had wished" is used, instead of "wished"....
There seems to be no reason to use "had wished"....
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I love Danielle Steel Novels. They are easy to read and they hold my interest from the first page to the last. In "Now And Forever" Ms. Steel brings out my passion for justice when Ian is setup to be convicted of a rape he did not do. I became raged at the woman who accused him, and at the system that allowed an innocent man to go to jail. I had wished that he would have been absolved of the crime through some circumstance before the tale ended, but then that would be my book and not the one Ms. Steel wrote.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/528683.Now_and_Forever
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Maybe the reason "had wished" is used is that the wishing did not succeed?
Even though he wished, the situation didn't turn out good?
In the below, I wonder why "had wished" is used, instead of "wished"....
There seems to be no reason to use "had wished"....
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I love Danielle Steel Novels. They are easy to read and they hold my interest from the first page to the last. In "Now And Forever" Ms. Steel brings out my passion for justice when Ian is setup to be convicted of a rape he did not do. I became raged at the woman who accused him, and at the system that allowed an innocent man to go to jail. I had wished that he would have been absolved of the crime through some circumstance before the tale ended, but then that would be my book and not the one Ms. Steel wrote.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/528683.Now_and_Forever
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Maybe the reason "had wished" is used is that the wishing did not succeed?
Even though he wished, the situation didn't turn out good?
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Here, too,"had wished" is used for the same reason that I guessed in the above? To reveal that his wishing didn't come true? ********* We were faced with impossible situations, with no hope of anything good coming in our future.
- Here, too,"had wished" is used for the same reason that I guessed in the above?
- To reveal that his wishing didn't come true?
- ********* We were faced with impossible situations, with no hope of anything good coming in our future.
- Many times I had wished that I would have just stayed in Cuba.
- At least in Cuba I would eat at least once a day.
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Here, too,"had wished" is used for the same reason that I guessed in the above?
To reveal that his wishing didn't come true?
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We were faced with impossible situations, with no hope of anything good coming in our future. Many times I had wished that I would have just stayed in Cuba. At least in Cuba I would eat at least once a day. Here I was lucky to be
To reveal that his wishing didn't come true?
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We were faced with impossible situations, with no hope of anything good coming in our future. Many times I had wished that I would have just stayed in Cuba. At least in Cuba I would eat at least once a day. Here I was lucky to be
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The writer makes several mistakes or uses unnatural elements in this passage, so I assume that the writer is a competent, but not a native English speaker.
I love Danielle Steel Novels. They are easy to read and they hold my interest from the first page to the last. In "Now And Forever" Ms. Steel brings out my passion for justice when Ian is
I love Danielle Steel Novels. They are easy to read and they hold my interest from the first page to the last. In "Now And Forever" Ms. Steel brings out my passion for justice when Ian is
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pructusThere seems to be no reason to use "had wished"....True. I agree.
pructusMaybe the reason "had wished" is used is that the wishing did not succeed?Even though he wished, the situation didn't turn out good?No, no, no. "I [wish / wished ] that she had won the prize" shows that the wishing didn't succeed, and those d
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I see... I see....
Thanks a lot, CJ!!
After some thought....
The structure in those two examples is: had wished that + would have PP, not had wished that + had PP.
Any additional comment from a native's sense of English?
Or, maybe this kind of structure is less refined natives' way of speaking?
Thanks a lot, CJ!!
After some thought....
The structure in those two examples is: had wished that + would have PP, not had wished that + had PP.
Any additional comment from a native's sense of English?
Or, maybe this kind of structure is less refined natives' way of speaking?
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pructusThe structure in those two examples is: had wished that + would have PP, not had wished that + had PP.The + would have PP really should be just + had PP.
pructusless refined natives' way of speaking?That's a good way of putting it. Yes.
CJ
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