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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Wish+always

Hi,

Which of the two choices is correct completing the sentence?

1.''You are always losing things.''

a.I wish you didn't always lose things.

b.I wish you weren't always losing things.

I think ''b'' is the more correct answer because ''a'' eliminates the idea of annoyance.
  

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You're right. We use the present progressive tense with the word always , as we want to underscore an idea or notion that's either irritating or annoying, occurring often. Then, the sentence is inspired by a negative emotion.

— Anonymous

  • You're right.
  • We use the present progressive tense with the word always , as we want to underscore an idea or notion that's either irritating or annoying, occurring often.
  • Then, the sentence is inspired by a negative emotion.
  • For example: He is always talking in the class.
  • We could say he always talks in the class , but the act of talking wouldn't be felt as annoying and burdensome.
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You're right.

We use the present progressive tense with the word always, as we want to underscore

an idea or notion that's either irritating or annoying, occurring often.

Then, the sentence is inspired by a negative emotion.

For example: He is always talking in the class. We could say he always talks in the class, but

the act of talking wo
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