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Sb70012 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
I wish I didn't send / hadn't sent him there.
Hello,
Yesterday I asked a question in an other forum.
I gave this test:
The school where my son studies has inexperienced teachers. I wish I …… him there.
a)didn't send
b)hadn't sent (Answer Key)
c)wouldn't send
d)haven't sent
Source: school exam
I have asked them if option A (didn't send) can work in my test or not.
Most of the native English speakers say no only B (hadn't sent) works.
But one other native English speaker told me that A can work.
He/she told me: "This is another rubbish question.
If you are the sort of person who grumbles about the present and does nothing about present problems, or whose hands are tied so you are unable to address current problems, choose a.
If you are the sort of person who realizes you have made mistakes in the past, choose b. "
this is the link: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2931915
Do you agree with him/her that A can work in my test or not?
Thank you
Yesterday I asked a question in an other forum.
I gave this test:
The school where my son studies has inexperienced teachers. I wish I …… him there.
a)didn't send
b)hadn't sent (Answer Key)
c)wouldn't send
d)haven't sent
Source: school exam
I have asked them if option A (didn't send) can work in my test or not.
Most of the native English speakers say no only B (hadn't sent) works.
But one other native English speaker told me that A can work.
He/she told me: "This is another rubbish question.
If you are the sort of person who grumbles about the present and does nothing about present problems, or whose hands are tied so you are unable to address current problems, choose a.
If you are the sort of person who realizes you have made mistakes in the past, choose b. "
this is the link: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2931915
Do you agree with him/her that A can work in my test or not?
Thank you
Top answer
I see what the other person is getting at in seeing a) as a possibility, but I think it should be: I wish I weren't sending him there.
- I see what the other person is getting at in seeing a) as a possibility, but I think it should be: I wish I weren't sending him there.
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I see what the other person is getting at in seeing a) as a possibility, but I think it should be: I wish I weren't sending him there.
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Thanks for answering but in your opinion, is the test really rubbish?
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sb70012Thanks for answering but in your opinion, is the test really rubbish?I don't think so. The question clearly has only one correct answer, as far as I'm concerned. If there were two clear correct answers, then I would label it something close to rubbish.
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sb70012 is the test really rubbish?The question is not rubbish, and the answer key has the correct answer.
A wish that expresses a regret about what was done in the past is expressed in the past perfect.
I wish he hadn't said that.
I wish I hadn't sent him there.
Lucy wishes that Jake had remembered her birthday.
Don't you wish t
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There is no grammatical problem with (a); it's just like "I wish I didn't live here" or "I wish I didn't bite my nails". The question is to what extent "send him there" can work in this pattern. I think it's marginal, but not impossible in a certain context. It seems to suggest that the speaker, for some reason, can't help continuing to send him there, but regrets doing so.
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Of course, I a
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GPYThe question is to what extent "send him there" can work in this pattern.Right. The stative or habitual predicates can work as in your nail-biting example, but the dynamic predicates don't work well. This can sometimes be improved by using a continuous tense. I wish I wasn't sending him there. Of course, that wasn't even a choice in the exam ite
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