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beachboy

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You´ve been living in London for a long time. Do you wish you could move to Liverpool?
- No, I don´t wish I could move to Liverpool, but I´d love to live in Bath.

Are there restrictions on the use of "I don´t wish" in sentences like this? Does it sound natural?
 

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Try:

No, I don´t wish to move to Liverpool, but I´d love to live in Bath.

Also:

No, but I'd like to live in Bath.

In America it would be, "No, I don't want to live there, but I'd love . . .
 

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I mean, I´d like to know if it´s grammatically right to say "I don´t wish I could..." or " I don´t wish I were..."
 

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I mean, I´d like to know if it´s grammatically right to say "I don´t wish I could..." or " I don´t wish I were..."


Those are both fine grammatically.

They are however unlikely to be commonly used.
 
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