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Russkiy Bear Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Wish in the past and the future
I know and understand how the verb works in unreal past expressions
I wish I worked at your company
I wish I'd bought that house
But then I complicate or change them I don't know what's correct what's not in the following cases:
The present
I wish I knew what he does (did?) for a living
I wish I'd known what he did (had done?) for a living
The past
I wished I worked at your company
I wished I'd bought that house
The future
You will wish I hadn't bought your company
You will wish I didn't buy your company
If you could explain why some work while others don't, it would be great
Thank you
I wish I worked at your company
I wish I'd bought that house
But then I complicate or change them I don't know what's correct what's not in the following cases:
The present
I wish I knew what he does (did?) for a living
I wish I'd known what he did (had done?) for a living
The past
I wished I worked at your company
I wished I'd bought that house
The future
You will wish I hadn't bought your company
You will wish I didn't buy your company
If you could explain why some work while others don't, it would be great
Thank you
Top answer
) for a living I would use these: I wish I knew what he did ... I wish I had known what he did ... You'll wish I hadn't bought ...
- ) for a living I would use these: I wish I knew what he did ...
- I wish I had known what he did ...
- You'll wish I hadn't bought ...
- CJ
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Russkiy BearI wish I knew what he does (did?) for a livingI wish I'd known what he did (had done?) for a livingI would use these:
I wish I knew what he did ...
I wish I had known what he did ...
You'll wish I hadn't bought ...
CJ
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Russkiy BearThe pastI wished I worked at your companyI wished I'd bought that houseThese examples using "wished" do not work without some other clause.
Because "wish" by definition is the expression of something "longed for" or "desired" it generally has a present tense connotation. Therefore, using "wished" means that item that was previousl
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CalifJim
KJinCali79
You will wish I didn't buy your company
I wished I worked at your company
These 2 are not correct, right?
KJinCali79
You will wish I didn't buy your company
I wished I worked at your company
These 2 are not correct, right?
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Russkiy Bear-Both incorrect, as you suspected.
You will wish I didn't buy your company
I wished I worked at your company
CJ
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