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Cmic2 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

I wish I were

Hi

Wish I were going to be there

I'm French and I want to know:

1- is this gramatically correct?

2- what does it exactly means?

TYA

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michel marcon (aka cmic)

  

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cmic2 “Wish I were going to be there”. As reported speech, it is fine, although most would (in fact) say “was” rather than “were”, in my view, in error. Written, you would put in the understood “I” at the beginning.

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  • cmic2 “Wish I were going to be there”.
  • As reported speech, it is fine, although most would (in fact) say “was” rather than “were”, in my view, in error.
  • Written, you would put in the understood “I” at the beginning.
  • It means “I am not going to be there, but I want to go”.
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cmic2
“Wish I were going to be there”.

As reported speech, it is fine, although most would (in fact) say “was” rather than “were”, in my view, in error. Written, you would put in the understood “I” at the beginning.

It means “I am not going to be there, but I want to go”.

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cmic2(I) wish I were going to be there.

1 - It's grammatical. (Why did you think it might not be grammatical? Which part of it is troubling you?)

cmic2What exactly does it exactly
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