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Re: 1, you can say both 'I wish I lived' and 'I wish I could live', but there is a slight difference in meaning. 'I wish I could live' focuses on your ability to live in a different place -- perhaps, for example, you have the money to live in a different city, but you need to stay where you are so that you can take care of your elderly parents ...
25. Nov. 2020 · Leen A. 1112. "I wish I can" might be correct in the context where you were closing your eyes and making a wish with an expectation it would come true, for instance if you were in a fairy tale. But normally you wish for things that are unlikely, and use "could" for things that are unlikely.
Exercise 1. Choose the correct options to complete the text. Dear Mum, I feel really unhappy! I wish I 1 this job. If only I 2 to you before I made the decision to come here. The people here are unfriendly. l wish they 3 more friendly. And I don't even have breaks! If only I 4 longer breaks.
1. The New York Times. "I wish I could be there, goony bird". 2. The Guardian - Film. "I wish I could be there," Lin said by phone from Indiana this week. 3. The New York Times - Sports. "But I wish I could be there just to see what shoes you are wearing.
4. Dez. 2016 · I wish I could be with you. Both sentences indicate a hypothetical situation, but there's a big difference in these sentences in terms of tenses. The former expresses a wish for the present, whereas the latter with the use of the modal "could" expresses a wish for the future. Share. Improve this answer. edited Dec 7, 2016 at 14:11.
I wish I had been there. But it is technically not pluperfect. In so far as it is anything, it might be considered modal perfect and (sort of, not really) conditional.
4. Sept. 2023 · We use the verb ‘wish’ to talk about something that we would like to happen but that is impossible or highly unlikely. For example: “I wish I was taller.” It can also be used with the past perfect to describe something that has already happened, but that we would like to have happened differently.
