English Grammar
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Wish
Wish / If only
Use:
Wish and If only can be used:
a) To wish for an ability now or in the future.
I wish I could play the guitar!
If only I could dance like that!
b) To wish that something could be true at the moment.
I wish I had long hair! If only I were taller!
c) To wish that something was happening at the moment.
I wish I was lying on the beach right now! If only I was lying on the beach right now!
d) To wish that something kept happening again and again, or to wish it could stop happening.
I wish you wouldn’t shout so loudly. If only he wouldn’t shout so loudly.
e) To wish that something in the past had happened in a different way.
I wish I had studied for my exam! If only I hadn’t argued with him!