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“WISH” FOR FUTURE HOPES ANOTHER WAY TO SAY “I WISH”
“Wish” can also be used to
talk about hopes for the PRESENT REGRETS PAST REGRETS
future. “Wish” with “could” is [I would like to be able to move somewhere warmer.]
usually used when someone Stronger regrets about the present can be Stronger regrets about the past can be
is expressing a desire to do expressed by using “if only” and the past simple. expressed by using “if only” and the past perfect.
something themselves.
“Wish” with “would” is
used when someone
is expressing a desire [She wants her teacher to give out less homework in the future.]
for someone else to
do something.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
FURTHER EXAMPLES
PAST REGRETS
“Should have” or “ought to have” are used to express regret
that something did or didn’t happen in the past.
Past participle.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
The negative form “ought not to have“ is rarely
used in UK English and never used in US English.
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