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Dominik Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
I'd rather / I wish
I dont like Mondays. I wish/I'd rather it was Friday.
According to grammar a book we use I wish/If only to say that we really want a situation to be diferent.
and I'd rather to say that we really want somebody's (or something's) behaviour to be different.
Reading these clues I would choose I wish/if only but in the key is I'd rather - why?
According to grammar a book we use I wish/If only to say that we really want a situation to be diferent.
and I'd rather to say that we really want somebody's (or something's) behaviour to be different.
Reading these clues I would choose I wish/if only but in the key is I'd rather - why?
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Dominik I don't like Mondays. I wish/I'd rather it was Friday. According to grammar a book we use I wish/If only to say that we really want a situation to be diferent.
- Dominik I don't like Mondays.
- I wish/I'd rather it was Friday.
- According to grammar a book we use I wish/If only to say that we really want a situation to be diferent.
- and I'd rather to say that we really want somebody's (or something's) behaviour to be different.
- Reading these clues I would choose I wish/if only but in the key is I'd rather - why?
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DominikI don't like Mondays. I wish/I'd rather it was Friday.
According to grammar a book we use I wish/If only to say that we really want a situation to be diferent. and I'd rather to say that we really want somebody's (or something's) behaviour to be different.
Reading these clues I would choose I wish/if only but in the key is I'd rather - why?
I WISH, IF O
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DominikI dont like Mondays. I wish/I'd rather it was Friday.I consider both acceptable.
Is your book focusing at all on the usage I wish it were? If so, then they may consider I wish it was as wrong, and that's why they wanted I'd rather for the answer. I don't know what your book said about this, so I can't hel
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Interesting, maybe You hit the bull’s-eye. No in this book ther is nothing about "were" rule but indeed ther is such a rule in other books (but I have read that "were" can be used but not have to be used) .
I have another example:
1) I wish he wouldn't / didn't like jazz so much. I can't stand it.
in the book key ther is
I have another example:
1) I wish he wouldn't / didn't like jazz so much. I can't stand it.
in the book key ther is
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DominikWhy in the first one is didn't and in the second one is would?Because "like" is a stative verb and "sell" is a dynamic verb. And because one wish is about liking something in the present and the other wish is about selling something in the future.
Present States:
I wish he didn't have such a bad temper.
I wish she didn't want so
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