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Hello everyone!
Recentl, I saw a few youtube video titles of this kind „5 things I wish I knew when I was 20”
Is that gramatically correct? I thought I should say „I had known when I was 20” because I am not 20 any more.
Thanks in advance!
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desk chalk 73 „ I had known when I was 20” The symbol in red is not used in English. Use " at the beginning and at the end of quotations. I wish I had known is the technically correct form, but substitution of the past for the past perfect is common in English, especially when it's easy to understand the time sequence without the past perfect.
- desk chalk 73 „ I had known when I was 20” The symbol in red is not used in English.
- Use " at the beginning and at the end of quotations.
- I wish I had known is the technically correct form, but substitution of the past for the past perfect is common in English, especially when it's easy to understand the time sequence without the past perfect.
- On an English exam, however, you're right that you should use wish I had known .
- CJ
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desk chalk 73„I had known when I was 20”
The symbol in red is not used in English. Use " at the beginning and at the end of quotations.
I wish I had known is the technically correct form, but substitution of the past for the past perfect is common in English,
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