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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

I wish Past vs would?

Hi! everyone.
Q 1-Could you tell me what should I use here and what is the difference between them?
-I wish she came back.
-I wish she would come back.
Are these both for present situation? I can't understand them.
Q 2-I want to know whether I use "I am or I was" in the present situation I mean in the present tense?
-I wouldn't like to let them know "I was better than them in study."
- -I wouldn't like to let them know "I am better than them in study."
Thanks!
  

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Q 1 -I wish she had come back. -- Past -I wish she would come back. -- Your original #1 was wrong.

— Mister Micawber

  • Q 1 -I wish she had come back.
  • -- Past -I wish she would come back.
  • -- Your original #1 was wrong.
  • -- Nowadays
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Q 1
-I wish she had come back.-- Past
-I wish she would come back. - Present, future
Are these both for present situation?-- Your original #1 was wrong.

Q 2
-I wouldn't like to let them know I was better than them in study.- Before
-I wouldn't like to let them know I am better than them in study.-- Nowadays
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Thanks Sir for taking a look.
Mister MicawberAre these both for present situation?-- Your original #1 was wrong.
But the problem I am facing is when I search on google I find some peoples to have written "I wish she came back"
Don't we use past tense after wish (as a present wish I mean) such as the sentence "I wish I knew" I want
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But the problem I am facing is when I search on google I find some peoples to have written "I wish she came back"-- Some people's English is poor.

Don't we use past tense after wish (as a present wish I mean) such as the sentence "I wish I knew" I want to know when do we use simple past after- I wish... I know sentences like "I wish I had,I wish I were" but I am confused about the
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silak12when I search on google I find some peoples to have written "I wish she came back"
People may write such things, but that doesn't mean these are the best choices. In short, it depends whether the situation wished for is stative or dynamic.

Stative situations after wish take the past tense*
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Ah, thanks, CJ. I didn't think that far.
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Mister MicawberAh, thanks, CJ.
No problem. This wish stuff is a rat's nest.

CJ
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Thanks! Sir Micawber and Calif for answering.
Mister Micawber'I wish I thought so'; 'I wish you thought so', etc.... well, these are not really wishes; they are statements to the contrary (= 'I don't know'; 'you don't think so'). I wish she would come back is the standard real 'wish'. If I were really wishing for you to change your opinion,
What I think about an
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Hi! Calif thanks for taking a look.
CalifJimStative situations after wish take the past tense* for non-past reference, and they take the past perfect tense for past reference.
How can I recognize that the situation is stative?
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Well, actually, I wish you would ignore my flailing about and go with CJ's explanation, but as far as those two sentences are concerned:

I wish you thought so— the other person does not think so, so 'no chance'.
I wish you would think so— 'Please think so, I would like you to think so.'

But really, my 2nd sentence is a rare or a little odd in any case.
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As CJ has said that there are stative and dynamic situations after the word "wish" Ok
But now I am confused about stative situation.
Can all stative verbs be used like this when there is no chance of other persons doing or happening of something?
Mister MicawberI wish you thought so— the other person does not think so, so 'no chance'.
By the way,what do
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