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"I wish you would have said..."?
A: I know this apology is overdue, but I want to say that I'm sorry for being so rude to you last week.
B: Thank you, but I wish you'd said something earlier.

This is from someone's test or textbook. I find "you had said" makes sense to me, all right, but I see lots of  "I wish you would have said something" on Google. Is the 'would' to cushion the word? Would you say that in the above context, too? 

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Thank you, Su.Ki :)
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"I wish you'd said something"/ "I wish you had said something"  =  correct, standard English

"I wish you would have said something" = incorrect, non-standard English - but very common





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