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Luiz
I wish...
1) ''I wish I would have a job!''
2) ''I wish I will have a job!''
3) ''I wish I had a job!''
4) ''I wish to have a job!''
5) ''I wish I could have a job!''
Are there any difference in meaning among these sentences above? (If so, please explain each one of them to me!)
***Another question: What is the difference between ''I wish I will...'' and ''I wish I would...''?
Thanks in advance.
19 févr. 2018 00:46
Réponses · 4
1
The differences really turn on the use of the indicative and subjunctive cases in English. The indicative is used to describe the reality of how things really are, or were. The subjunctive is the unreal, or wishful way of saying something indicating that what is happening is not the real state of affairs. .
1) ''I wish I would have a job!'' That means you want a job but don't have one. It's probably a bit colloquial to say it this way.
2) ''I wish I will have a job!'' Probably should be re-written as "I wish to have a job.....in (some time reference)
3) ''I wish I had a job!'' That's more like sentence 1, and it's in the subjunctive. It means you don't have a job but want one.
4) ''I wish to have a job!'' That's written in the indicative and sounds like you are expecting to have a job at some point, perhaps soon.
5) ''I wish I could have a job!'' That tells me you want to work but can't for some reason (lack of work availabilities, disability, etc).
19 février 2018
I wish I will have a job is totally incorrect
20 février 2018
There're many English Forum websites out there. Go to any one of them and you will find loads of explanations of grammar problems like the one you asked.
19 février 2018
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Luiz
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Portugais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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