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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
English in UK
I wish...
Hello everybody! I have some trouble with the verb "to wish" used for unreal situations (e.g. "I wish you were here" > but you're elsewhere). Well, this is the issue:
> but you can't (you don't stay with me)/but you are leaving tomorrow (you are going not to be with me anymore)
2) Present wish - Past action
"I wish you could have stayed with me"> but you couldn't, you weren't able
> but you couldn't, you weren't able
4) Past wish - Present/Future action
"I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after
I strongly hope this is clear enough. Thank you.
Bye, FB
> but you're elsewhere). Well, this is the issue:
1) Present wish - Present/Future action
"I wish you could stay with me"
> but you can't (you don't stay with me)/but you are leaving tomorrow (you are going not to be with me anymore)2) Present wish - Past action
"I wish you could have stayed with me"
> but you couldn't, you weren't able
3) Past wish - Past action
"I wished you could have stayed with me"
> but you couldn't, you weren't able4) Past wish - Present/Future action
"I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after
I strongly hope this is clear enough. Thank you.
Bye, FB
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36037$(Email Removed)... [nq:1]Hello everybody! g.
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- [nq:1]Hello everybody!
- g.
- "I wish you were here" ==> but you're elsewhere).
- Well, this is the issue:[/nq] Assuming that I would use "to wish" and not other verbs, maybe more proper, such as "to hope", "to want" etc.
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"FB" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio news:ozcVa.36037$(Email Removed)...
[nq:1]Hello everybody! I have some trouble with the verb "to wish" used forunreal situations (e.g. "I wish you were here" ==> but you're elsewhere). Well, this is the issue:[/nq]
Assuming that I would use "to wish" and not other verbs, maybe more proper, such as "to hope", "to want" etc.
Bye, FB
[nq:1]Hello everybody! I have some trouble with the verb "to wish" used forunreal situations (e.g. "I wish you were here" ==> but you're elsewhere). Well, this is the issue:[/nq]
Assuming that I would use "to wish" and not other verbs, maybe more proper, such as "to hope", "to want" etc.
Bye, FB
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[nq:1]4) Past wish - Present/Future action "I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after[/nq]
"I wished that you were able to stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."
[nq:1]I strongly hope this is clear enough.[/nq]
I hope that I have interpreted correctly what you wanted.
All the best,
Giles.
"I wished that you were able to stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."
[nq:1]I strongly hope this is clear enough.[/nq]
I hope that I have interpreted correctly what you wanted.
All the best,
Giles.
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A certain FB, of uk.culture.language.english, writes:
[nq:1]4) Past wish - Present/Future action "I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after[/nq]
Hi FB!
I'd say "I wished you could stay with me."
BTW, I found this "I wished" poem on the net by a 15-year-old person from the USA. It seems it was just made for you!
[nq:1]4) Past wish - Present/Future action "I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after[/nq]
Hi FB!
I'd say "I wished you could stay with me."
BTW, I found this "I wished" poem on the net by a 15-year-old person from the USA. It seems it was just made for you!
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"Giles Todd" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio news:(Email Removed)...
[nq:1]"I wished that you were able to stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."[/nq]
Perfect! By the way, Swan writes that "I wish..." has the same tenses of "it would be nice if...", for instance. Then, "it would be nice if you were here", being a second if-clause, doesn't change when turned to the pas
[nq:1]"I wished that you were able to stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."[/nq]
Perfect! By the way, Swan writes that "I wish..." has the same tenses of "it would be nice if...", for instance. Then, "it would be nice if you were here", being a second if-clause, doesn't change when turned to the pas
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"Enrico C" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio news:gi90538e4f26$.(Email Removed)...
[nq:1]Hi FB![/nq]
Look who it is!
[nq:1]I'd say "I wished you could stay with me." BTW, I found this "I wished" poem on the net by a 15-year-old person from the USA. It seems it was just made for you!
[nq:1]Hi FB![/nq]
Look who it is!
[nq:1]I'd say "I wished you could stay with me." BTW, I found this "I wished" poem on the net by a 15-year-old person from the USA. It seems it was just made for you!
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A certain Giles Todd, of uk.culture.language.english, writes:
[nq:2]4) Past wish - Present/Future action "I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after[/nq]
[nq:1]"I wished that you were able to stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."[/nq]
What about
"I wished you could stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."
?
-- Enrico
[nq:2]4) Past wish - Present/Future action "I wished... ?" ==> but you would be leaving the day after[/nq]
[nq:1]"I wished that you were able to stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."[/nq]
What about
"I wished you could stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."
?
-- Enrico
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[nq:1]What about "I wished you could stay with me, but you had to leave the day after."[/nq]
It's a conditional rather than a subjunctive, but I have heard and read such formations often enough to think that they are probably considered to be acceptable nowadays.
Giles.
It's a conditional rather than a subjunctive, but I have heard and read such formations often enough to think that they are probably considered to be acceptable nowadays.
Giles.
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"Giles Todd" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio news:(Email Removed)...
[nq:1]It's a conditional rather than a subjunctive, but I have heard and read such formations often enough to think that they are probably considered to be acceptable nowadays.[/nq]
Then, you assert that "could" can't be used as a subjunctive?
Bye, FB
[nq:1]It's a conditional rather than a subjunctive, but I have heard and read such formations often enough to think that they are probably considered to be acceptable nowadays.[/nq]
Then, you assert that "could" can't be used as a subjunctive?
Bye, FB
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[nq:1]"Giles Todd" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio news:(Email Removed)...[/nq]
[nq:2]It's a conditional rather than a subjunctive, but I have ... think that they are probably considered to be acceptable nowadays.[/nq]
[nq:1]Then, you assert that "could" can't be used as a subjunctive?[/nq]
No. I acknowledge that both the conditional and the imperfect indicative tenses are of
[nq:2]It's a conditional rather than a subjunctive, but I have ... think that they are probably considered to be acceptable nowadays.[/nq]
[nq:1]Then, you assert that "could" can't be used as a subjunctive?[/nq]
No. I acknowledge that both the conditional and the imperfect indicative tenses are of
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