herbiji
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- Sep 27, 2005
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Kurdish
- Home Country
- Syria
- Current Location
- Syria
Hello dear teachers
I have been told that we use wish + past simple to express regret and we use would+infinitive to express annoyance.
so in a sentence like:
1- I am in the office.
A wish sentence would be like this:
I wish I was on the beach.
My question
would it be grammatically correct if I just use it in a negative form instead of adding new vocabularies to the sentence?
1- I'm in the office.
I wish I wasn't in the office. instead of ( I wish I was on the beach)
2- People drive too fast in the city center.
I wish people wouldn't drive too fast in the city center. instead of ( I wish people would drive slowly in the city center)
Thanks in advance
I have been told that we use wish + past simple to express regret and we use would+infinitive to express annoyance.
so in a sentence like:
1- I am in the office.
A wish sentence would be like this:
I wish I was on the beach.
My question
would it be grammatically correct if I just use it in a negative form instead of adding new vocabularies to the sentence?
1- I'm in the office.
I wish I wasn't in the office. instead of ( I wish I was on the beach)
2- People drive too fast in the city center.
I wish people wouldn't drive too fast in the city center. instead of ( I wish people would drive slowly in the city center)
Thanks in advance