Wishing or hoping

[tufguy]

Hi guys,

Can we say "I was wishing or hoping that he would be all right"?

 

[Barb_D]

I was hoping.

 

[tufguy]

So "Wish" can't be used like this. Can we say "I wished"?

 

[Barb_D]

You wish for something that is not likely to happen.
I wish I'd meet a rich man who would leave me his entire fortune.

You also wish for people to act differently.
I wish he would stop interrupting people.

You hope for things that are possible or likely.
I hope the Patriots make it to the Super Bowl and win.
(A fan of a team with no change of winning would say "I wish my team would make it to the Super Bowl.")

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

I wish I'd meet a rich man who would leave me his entire fortune.

I would call that wishful thinking.

 

[tufguy]

So "Wished" can be used for past. Right? Like "On that day I wished that he would call or he was with me".

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

So "Wished" can be used for past. Right?.

[Not a teacher]

Yes.

 

[Rover_KE]

So "wished" can be used for the past. Right? Like "On that day I wished that he would call" or "he was with me".

I'd say 'On that day I hoped that he would call' and 'On that day I wished he was with me'.