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A clip to review this week grammar topic, wish: Cassadee Pope - I Wish I Could Break Your Heart
But first, here is a chart summing up the different structures with 'wish / if only'
| I wish / if only | I Jimmy My brother |
had + Past Participle | Regret that something happened or didn't happen in the past. | I wish / If only Jim had called me. |
| Simple past | To say that we would like something to be different in the present. | I wish / If only Jim called me. | ||
| would + bare infinitive | • To say that we would like something to be different in the future. • To say that we would like something to be different in a situation or a person's behaviour that is annoying us. |
• I wish / If only Jim would call me next week. • I wish / If only Jim would stop calling me at unearthly hours. |
Have a nice weekend.
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