Some questions

[Unregistered]

which one is correct?

1.a. This item is not on the list.
1.b. This item is not in the list.

2.a. Everyone has their own dream.
2.b. Everyone has his own dream.

3.a. If you were me, what will you do?
3.b. If you are me, what will you do?

4.a. hope/wish your dream came true.
5.a. hope/wish your dream come true.

please guide..thank you

[Casiopea]

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Both of these are correct:
1.a. This item is not on the list. <more common, commoner>
1.b. This item is not in the list.

Both of these are acceptable, but 2b follows traditional grammar rules:
2.a. Everyone has their own dream.
2.b. Everyone has his/her own dream.

Try, what would you do? 3a is correct:
3.a. If you were me, what would you do?
3.b. If you are me, what would you do? <Try, Let's say, you are me...>

Both are incorrect:
4.a. hope/wish your dream came true.
5.a. hope/wish your dream come true. <Try, I hope your dream comes true.>

All the best.

[brennan]

Both are incorrect:
4.a. hope/wish your dream came true.
5.a. hope/wish your dream come true. <Try, I hope your dream comes true.>
All the best.

can we use past tense after 'wish' or 'hope' like:
wish you were here
wish i could fly
wish i could win

and may i know what is the difference between:
a. I have already submitted the registration form.
b. I had already submmited the registration form.

[Casiopea]

Welcome, brennan.

These are correct:

I wish you were here.
I wish I could fly.
I wish I could win.


Below, a. 'have submitted' is called the present perfect, and that verb form refers to a period of time that stretched from some unknown or unmentioned time the past to the very present now.

a. I have already submitted the registration form.

The present perfect is used when it is not important when something happened. It's the event, the action, like submitting the registration form that's important. If you want to express when something happened, use the simple past, just 'submitted', not 'have submitted'.

The past perfect, b. 'had submitted', connects two events in the past. That is, two things happen one after the other. Here, 'had submitted' happened first, 'noticed' happend next:

b. I had already submitted the registration form before I noticed the mistake I made.

The first thing that happens takes the past perfect form, like 'had submitted', and the second thing that happens takes the simple past. For example, I had eaten dinner before I did my homework.

Event #1
I ate dinner => I had eaten dinner. (Change from past to past perfect)

Event #2
I did my homework => I did my homework (No change)

Hope that helps.

[brennan]

wow, nice explaination...

thanks

[Casiopea]

You're most welcome, brennan.

Correction
explanation

[brennan]

sorry for the typing mistake
and thank you for the correction

[Casiopea]

We all make mistakes.

You're most welcome.