Fear not only believe
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I'm sure a lot of people have asked about the subject already, but I still have some unanswered questions.
I understand that we don't use the construction "I wish I would..."
I've found somewhere that "wish + would" expresses dissatisfaction, annoying habits, i.e. other people's behavior we want to change, and impatience. In light of that it seems to me that "I wish it would be Friday already." is possible, although "I wish it was Friday already." still sounds more natural to me.
What's right?
And how would you react to this situation: "My car is always breaking down."? I wish it wouldn't always be breaking down - that seems strange (to me), but what's then the correct option? Is the only possible solution: "I wish my car would stop breaking down."?
And what about this one: "I wish he found a job." or "I wish he would find a job."?
"Wish + past simple" appears to be used when talking about "unreal", highly unlikely things. Finding a job doesn't quite fall into this category, but the first sentence looks fine to me nonetheless.
Thanks in advance!
I understand that we don't use the construction "I wish I would..."
I've found somewhere that "wish + would" expresses dissatisfaction, annoying habits, i.e. other people's behavior we want to change, and impatience. In light of that it seems to me that "I wish it would be Friday already." is possible, although "I wish it was Friday already." still sounds more natural to me.
What's right?
And how would you react to this situation: "My car is always breaking down."? I wish it wouldn't always be breaking down - that seems strange (to me), but what's then the correct option? Is the only possible solution: "I wish my car would stop breaking down."?
And what about this one: "I wish he found a job." or "I wish he would find a job."?
"Wish + past simple" appears to be used when talking about "unreal", highly unlikely things. Finding a job doesn't quite fall into this category, but the first sentence looks fine to me nonetheless.
Thanks in advance!