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Masanori Takaoka Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

want to vs wish

I want to be a teacher.
I wish I were a teacher.

Any difference?
  

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Any difference? Yes. The first suggests that you very well might take steps to become a teacher at some time in the future.

— CalifJim

  • Any difference?
  • Yes.
  • The first suggests that you very well might take steps to become a teacher at some time in the future.
  • The second expresses the fact that you are not teacher now, but you have a sort of mild regret about that.
  • CJ
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Masanori Takaoka I want to be a teacher.I wish I were a teacher.Any difference?
Yes.
The first suggests that you very well might take steps to become a teacher at some time in the future.
The second expresses the fact that you are not teacher now, but you have a sort of mild regret about that.

CJ
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