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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I wish + subject + would + infinitive

1. I wish it would stop raining soon.
2. I wish she would come to my birthday party
3. I wish you would clean up your room.
4. I wish you would send me a copy of the document.

I'd like to know "I wish + subject + would + infinitive" expresses either surreal desire or realistic desire.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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'Surreal'? — 'having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic'. All four of your statements sound like quite normal expectations to me!

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Surreal'?
  • — 'having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic'.
  • All four of your statements sound like quite normal expectations to me!
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'Surreal'? Really?— 'having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic'.

All four of your statements sound like quite normal expectations to me!
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for another kind answer from you.
Then I'd like to know if I can say the following.
"Though I work with for a private eye now, I wish I would become the president of the United States someday."
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park sang joonThen I'd like to know if I can say the following."Though I work with for a private eye now, I wish I would become the president of the United States someday
No, that sounds quite odd. Wishes are things over which we have no control.

I wish he would go away. OK
I wish I would go away. No good.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your continuing support and enlightenment.Emotion: smile
Then, I'd like to know how you think about "Though my hu
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That's better. But I'd still opt for 'I hope he becomes'.
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