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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Please help.

I wish it would stop raining.

vs.

I wish it stopped raining.


I wish he didn’t work so hard.

vs.

I wish he wouldn’t work so hard.

Somebody please explain the difference between them?

  

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anonymous I wish it stopped raining. Wrong. It stopped raining.

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  • anonymous I wish it stopped raining.
  • Wrong.
  • It stopped raining.
  • is an observation of a completed event that happened in the past.
  • It makes no sense to wish for things in the past.
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anonymousI wish it stopped raining.

Wrong.

It stopped raining. is an observation of a completed event that happened in the past. It makes no sense to wish for things in the past.

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