I wish plus past perfect
Please look at the following underlined quote - Clapton wrote later in his autobiography that he and Allman were inseparable during the sessions in Florida; he talked about Allman as the "musical brother I'd never had but wished I did Is it the same as "I wish I had a musical brother but I have never had him" Why is past perfect used in the original? Thanks a lot
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he talked about Allman as the " musical brother I'd never had original sentence : Allman is the musical brother I have never had transformed into reported speech -> have had turns into had never had
- he talked about Allman as the " musical brother I'd never had original sentence : Allman is the musical brother I have never had transformed into reported speech -> have had turns into had never had
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he talked about Allman as the "musical brother I'd never had
original sentence : Allman is the musical brother I have never had
transformed into reported speech -> have had turns into had never had
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