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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Must , might

I wish I must have gone there.
I wish I might have gone there.
Are they correct?
  

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No. These are correct: I wish I had gone there. I might have gone there.

— GPY

  • No.
  • These are correct: I wish I had gone there.
  • I might have gone there.
  • I must have gone there.
  • I should have gone there.
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No. These are correct:

I wish I had gone there.
I might have gone there.
I must have gone there.
I should have gone there.

(Obviously they mean different things.)
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What about
I wish I should have done this.
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No, that won't work. Use either:
I wish I had done this.
I should have done this.
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But there're sentences written like that"I wish (would)or(could) have done this.
Do you think it's grammatically incorrect?
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JumanahBut there're sentences written like that"I wish (would)or(could) have done this.
I imagine that you mean "I wish I would/could have done this".

"I wish I would have done this" is not correct in standard English. It is an error for "I wish I had done this" that some people make.

"I wish I could have done this" is possible.
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I was addressing the specific sentence you gave. I wish I should have done this isn't correct.
GPY has addressed the equivalent sentences with would and could.
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"I wish I could have..." is fine to me.
It is unreal ability to have done something in the past, and used in statements of regret.

I wish I could have given him some money, but I didn't have any to give.
I wish I could have gone to an Ivy League school, but I didn't win a scholarship.

I did find a number of examples of "I wish I would have..." in both Google ngrams and Fr
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