I wish
(a) I wish it was moving even faster.
(b) I wish it had been moving even faster.
Does the (a) refer to the present and future and the (b) to the past?
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anonymous Does the (a) refer to the present It can. " That's the problem with replacing the subjunctive with the past form, it leaves the past form out in the cold. Luckily, there is little call for the past form here.
- anonymous Does the (a) refer to the present It can.
- " That's the problem with replacing the subjunctive with the past form, it leaves the past form out in the cold.
- Luckily, there is little call for the past form here.
- anonymous and future I can't see that.
- anonymous (b) to the past?
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anonymousDoes the (a) refer to the present
It can. It is another way of saying "I wish it were moving even faster." That's the problem with replacing the subjunctive with the past form, it leaves the past form out in the cold. Luckily, there is little call for the past form here.
anonymousand future
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0anonymous(a) I wish it was moving even faster.
(b) I wish it had been moving even faster.
Does the (a) refer to the present and future and the (b) to the past?
Yes. That's how I read it.
However, it's a small technicality that you wish it was/were moving even faster now, but it isn't moving faster (now), so your wish is also
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