I wish my father.....
What do the following sentences imply?
1) I wish my father was able to see me join the FBI.
2) I wish my father had been able to see me join the FBI.
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teal lime 2) I wish my father had been able to see me join the FBI. Let's take this one first. It implies that the speaker's father was not able to experience the fact that he, the speaker, joined the FBI at some time in the past.
- teal lime 2) I wish my father had been able to see me join the FBI.
- Let's take this one first.
- It implies that the speaker's father was not able to experience the fact that he, the speaker, joined the FBI at some time in the past.
- It almost suggests that the father had already died before this joining happened, but factors other than death may have been involved.
- 'I wish' connotes regret.
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teal lime2) I wish my father had been able to see me join the FBI.
Let's take this one first.
It implies that the speaker's father was not able to experience the fact that he, the speaker, joined the FBI at some time in the past. It almost suggests that the father had already died before this joining happened, but factors other than death may have be
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