Questions tagged [wish-preterite]

for questions using "wish" to express a hypothetical (imaginary) situation or to express regret about a past action that did not happen.

To imagine situations in which hindsight might have been useful.

Typically:

I wish I hadn't said that

I wish I hadn't done that

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Structure with Wish statements about future events: past perfect or past?

Could you please explain the difference between these two sentences? The weekend has flown by; I wish it wasn't Monday tomorrow. The weekend has flown by; I wish it hadn't been Monday tomorrow.
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