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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Wish clauses - past continuous or past simple

"I wish I weren't/wasn't having the injection tommorow." --- the continuous tense implies more the future?

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"I wish I didn't have the injection tommorow."

What is the difference between this two use of tense in meaning?

Thanks a lot.
  

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" --- the continuous tense implies more the future? -- No, not definitively. This is equally the future: 'I wish I didn't have the injection tomorrow'.

— Mister Micawber

  • " --- the continuous tense implies more the future?
  • -- No, not definitively.
  • This is equally the future: 'I wish I didn't have the injection tomorrow'.
  • The present continuous can refer to near future, however, and it also carries an increased emotional component on the part of the speaker.
  • " What is the difference between this two use of tense in meaning?
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"I wish I weren't/wasn't having the injection tomorrow." --- the continuous tense implies more the future?-- No, not definitively. This is equally the future: 'I wish I didn't have the injection tomorrow'. The present continuous can refer to near future, however, and it also carries an increased emotional component on the part of the speaker.


"I wish I didn't have
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