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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Were / had been

I wish you were there.

I wish you had been there.

Is there any difference in the use of the two sentences? I guess there is, but what?

Thanks in advance.

  

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The latter conveys, to me, that feeling that there's been some other past event in between. The former has nothing in between for the past.

— KhoshtipMan

  • The latter conveys, to me, that feeling that there's been some other past event in between.
  • The former has nothing in between for the past.
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The latter conveys, to me, that feeling that there's been some other past event in between. The former has nothing in between for the past.

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