hello,
we say ( I wished I had bought a car) to express a wish in the past of something before that past
I wished I bought a car to express a wish in the past of something at that time
what would we say to express a wish in the past of something in the future ?
would we say : I wished I could buy a car two weeks after ??
what about “hope” in the same case ??
“I hope to buy a car in two weeks time.” would be a better option than ‘wished’ to express a future desire.
No , you didn’t understand me well.
let’s say we have two times
2005
2010
I want to say that I ( In 2005) hoped to be a doctor
If we imagine that we are in 2005 then I say " I wish I could be a doctor"
but we are now in 2010 so I want to express that I hoped ( in 2005) to be a doctor with the verb ( wish) and ( hope)
As to now , it is past
but as to that time , it’s future
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
“In 2005 I wished that I could be a doctor”
“Two weeks ago I wished that I could buy a car, and now I have.”
Are those examples any help?
Yes, they are , thanks.
Is (That) necessary ??
I would use it, but I believe a lot of people wouldn’t.
ok thanks very much
Choose
He wished he (studied- had studied) medicine 5 years ago.
I think it is “studied”
I want to make sure and to ask
can “ago” express past perfect ?
I guess not
And also
I wish I (knew - had known) where my friends were .
In a book … there is just (knew - have known)
Is using “were” here right ??
Or is the second verb (were) affected by “wish” ?
He wished he had studied… is correct
These can all be correct depending on the wider context:
I wish I knew where my friends were.
I wish I knew where my friends are.
I wish I had known where my friends were.
‘have known’ is not correct with the rest of this phrase.
but mustn’t it be >> he wished he had studied 5 years from that time ??
Can I say " I wish I had known where they had been " ?
Sorry
I understood now that it can be " he wished he had studied with “ago”
But “studied” is not wrong, is it ?
‘studied’ with ‘wished’ doesn’t quite work. You need the ‘had’.
‘studied’ with ‘wished’ doesn’t quite work. You need the ‘had’.
Why exactly ??
let’s talk about a week ago
that time I said " I wish I had a car"
means I wanted a car that time
we turn it to
I wished I had a car
because we we are not talking about a wish in the past of that past
Am I wrong ?
I think ‘had had’ is still necessary while you can use either ‘wish’ or ‘wished’.
I found this
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b. The same time
When the subordinate clause refers to the same time as the main clause, the Simple Past Subjunctive is usually used in the subordinate clause. In the following examples, the verbs in the Simple Past Subjunctive are underlined.
e.g. When she was at the party, she wished she were at home.
Now that he is in China, he wishes he understood Chinese.
When we begin the trip, they will wish they were with us.
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“she wished she were at home.”
i gues i understand our brother’s problem to express whises in past to mean future.i think it will be like this " i wish i could have bought a car ,or would have bought a car.but at the end according to a TOFEL book both COULD HAVE WOULD HAVE OR HAD bought a car looks like the same with a a slight difference
Acceptable but not standard or proper.