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0I'm afraid your teachers are right. One year= singular=brings. 02br
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00Wish is a poor choice here too, 'hope' is better.0-

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00If I am not wrong, the year of dog is the object of 'wish' sentence not the verb 'bring.' I can say I wsih that the year of dog would bring my family happness and joy. 02br
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00On the other hand for new year wishes, isn't it okay to use "wish" to wish something? If you wanna talk about pssibility, of course, "Hope" is a better choice. Tha

0Well you can stick to wish if you change the structure a bit, as you did in your last post. It is still 'brings' though.02br
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00I wish that the year of the dog brings my family happiness and joy. Would bring - if you use this it sounds as though you are being negative - as though you wish it would bring happiness but you know that it won't!0-

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10On the other hand for new year wishes, isn't it okay to use "wish" to wish something? If you wanna talk about pssibility, of course, "Hope" is a better choice. Thanks again.12br
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00From the original post, your question was already correctly answered.00 00When we say” I wish” it’s often understood that there is a silent “that” connecting the next sentence which people commonly omit . I wish [that] 01u00my brother works harder on his math00.02u00 This is an equivalent sentence to yours. 02br
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0Hi Goodman and Nona02br
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00First I really thank you for your answers. The thing that makes me confused is not the third person takes "s" in third subject but whether wish structure can be used in simple present tense form. My American colleague said, "it is weird to use simple present tense with "wish" and I thought over it and checked all the grammar books and this is w