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If only my dream would come true.
Why does this sentence require ‘would’? Is it wrong to say “If only my dream came true”?
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nicetomeetyou Is it wrong to say “If only my dream came true”? Yes, in the sense you mean. " It is hard to condemn as wrong an utterance that everybody understands just fine.
- nicetomeetyou Is it wrong to say “If only my dream came true”?
- Yes, in the sense you mean.
- " It is hard to condemn as wrong an utterance that everybody understands just fine.
- nicetomeetyou Why does this sentence require ‘would’?
- Because it is conditional.
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nicetomeetyouIs it wrong to say “If only my dream came true”?
Yes, in the sense you mean. “If only my dream came true." would mean "If only my dream had come true." But I would not be surprised to hear it in casual speech, anyway, to mean "If only my dream would come true." It is hard to condemn as wrong an utterance that everybody understands just fine.
0nicetomeetyouWhy does this sentence require ‘would’?
If your dream does come true, it will happen in the future. That requires would. Three grammatical structures are possible with if only and I wish.
1. future: If only/I wish it wouldn't rain tomorrow. (present conditional)
2. present: If only/I wish I
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