Marika33
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This is quite a long versionThe best I can do is "I wish I could wake up and find that the thing that is currently true is no longer true".
I'm aware of that. I wasn't suggesting that it was a good paraphrase of the original. I wouldn't try to reword the original at all. Sometimes, a sentence just needs to stay exactly as it is.This is quite a long version.
It is.It's just that I've never seen "and it not be true" before (unless it's the present subjunctive
I can say "I wish it not be true"? I didn't know that. I would've always said "I wish it were not true".It is.
Piscean said "... and it not be true" is the present subjunctive. That's not the same as "I wish it not be true".I can say "I wish it not be true"? I didn't know that. I would've always said "I wish it were not true".
I'm sorry, could you please explain to me why it is that "I wish it not be true" should be "I wish it weren't true",Piscean said "... and it not be true" is the present subjunctive. That's not the same as "I wish it not be true".
A is grammatical but not very natural. We wouldn't use "wish" in that context. We'd use "hope". "I hope it isn't true when I wake up."Are these versions correct?
A. I wish it wouldn't be true when I wake up.
B. I wish it not be true when I wake up.
C. I wish I could just wake up and the troubling situation no longer exist/exists.The speaker is saying that he wishes he could go to bed, and then when he wakes up the troubling situation no longer exists.