[Grammar] WISH + WOULD x WISH + THAT CLAUSE

[tom3m]

I wish you stopped smoking.

I wish you would stop smoking.

What is the difference in meaning between these two?


Thanks in advance

 

[bhaisahab]

I wish you stopped smoking.

I wish you would stop smoking.

What is the difference in meaning between these two?


Thanks in advance

The first one doesn't make sense.

 

[tom3m]

OK. What is the general difference between the patterns wish + would and wish + that clause. Maybe I would understand why it does not make sense.

Thank you

 

[bhaisahab]

OK. What is the general difference between the patterns wish + would and wish + that clause. Maybe I would understand why it does not make sense.

Thank you

The first one would be OK with "had stopped". Does that help?

 

[tom3m]

The first one would be OK with "had stopped". Does that help?

I am sorry, but not really. I planned to write the query more thorough, but since I was logged out automatically, it was deleted. My question was about the structures in general, as I do not understand the differences between them as they are explained is Swan. I just wanted the explanation in a different way if possible.

 

[5jj]

You started smoking in the past. I wish you hadn't started.
You smoke now. I wish you didn't smoke.
You habitually smoke in bed. I wish you wouldn't smoke in bed.