Subjunctive to express wish?
Hello,
I've been studying the subjunctive to apply it correctly to sentences, and this is confusing me a little. While expressing wishes, we often write the following:
I wish he were here.
I wish I were a bird.
He wished his Dad were here.
These constructions are clear to me. However, when "all" and "it" is used in a sentence like this one, can I still use "were"?
I only wished it was all a bad dream.
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cloudpixie These constructions are clear to me. However, when "all" and "it" is used in a sentence like this one, can I still use "were"? It has nothing to do with "it" or "all".
- cloudpixie These constructions are clear to me.
- However, when "all" and "it" is used in a sentence like this one, can I still use "were"?
- It has nothing to do with "it" or "all".
- You have two main choices.
- Present wish: I only wish (that) it were all a bad dream.
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cloudpixieThese constructions are clear to me. However, when "all" and "it" is used in a sentence like this one, can I still use "were"?
It has nothing to do with "it" or "all".
You have two main choices.
Present wish: I only wish (that) it were all a bad dream.
Past wish: I only wished (that) it had all been a bad dream.
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