Comments on: Using Wish http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:50:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43764 Clare Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:55:25 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43764 When we use wish, we want a present (or past) situation to be different. We go one tense back: if we wish something different from a past situation we use the past perfect, and if we wish something different for a present situation, we use the simple past. Your wish now is that you were still a child. So the correct sentence is "I wish I was still a child" or "I wish I were still a child". When we use wish, we want a present (or past) situation to be different. We go one tense back: if we wish something different from a past situation we use the past perfect, and if we wish something different for a present situation, we use the simple past.

Your wish now is that you were still a child. So the correct sentence is "I wish I was still a child" or "I wish I were still a child".

]]> By: Nadia http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43628 Nadia Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:35:55 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43628 plz answer me .. is the following wish correct ?knowing that i'm in twenties ... " i wish i had still been a child " & can we use "if "with "wish" in the same sentence 4 example in the 1 i've just mentioned? plz answer me ..
is the following wish correct ?knowing that i'm in twenties …
" i wish i had still been a child "
& can we use "if "with "wish" in the same sentence 4 example in the 1 i've just mentioned?

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43359 Clare Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:39:10 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43359 The first is considered more correct, although you will often hear British English speakers saying the second. The first is considered more correct, although you will often hear British English speakers saying the second.

]]> By: cindy http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43292 cindy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:46:30 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/using-wish/#comment-43292 which one is correct: "I wish i were wearing a coat" or "i wish i was wearing a coat". which one is correct: "I wish i were wearing a coat" or "i wish i was wearing a coat".

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/using-wish/#comment-41344 Clare Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:05:05 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/using-wish/#comment-41344 All your sentences are correct. The difference is that the second version is considered more correct, while the first version is more used in spoken English. All your sentences are correct. The difference is that the second version is considered more correct, while the first version is more used in spoken English.

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