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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Wish

I am always confused by the subjuctive following the verb wish. When refering to the present, the past or the future, the subjuctive is different. Could you explain to me and give me some examples? Thank you very much.
  

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I wish I/you/she were a little English Sparrow. -- hypothetical non-past I wish I/you/she had been a little English Sparrow -- unfulfilled past And that's about all you can do with 'wish', Guest.

— Mister Micawber

  • I wish I/you/she were a little English Sparrow.
  • -- hypothetical non-past I wish I/you/she had been a little English Sparrow -- unfulfilled past And that's about all you can do with 'wish', Guest.
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I wish I/you/she were a little English Sparrow. -- hypothetical non-past
I wish I/you/she had been a little English Sparrow -- unfulfilled past

And that's about all you can do with 'wish', Guest.
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