I want him to realize it sooner. But I don't just want it, I wish it.The first is hard to interpret. Could you give us some context to help understand what it means?
- I wish he would realize it sooner.
- I wish him to realize it sooner.
Is the second sentence ungrammatical only in this context or is the structure itself bad?The second is ungrammatical.
I want him to realize it sooner. But I don't just want it, I wish it.
Is the second sentence ungrammatical only in this context or is the structure itself bad?
For example, could I say this to my friend on her birthday, "I wish you to achieve all your goals in life!"?
It doesn't make sense in English? Weird.It still doesn't make sense. What do you mean? Sooner than what? Are you sure you're not talking about a hope rather than a wish?
I don't just want it, I wish it.
It is my wish (more than just a hope) that he will realize it as soon as possible. I don't really know how else to expain it![]()
After we talked about wish yesterday, I went to read some units related to this word in the grammar book English Grammar in Use to refresh my little knowledge on the subject.I really hope he realises as soon as possible.
Pretty similar, huh? The only difference is that in D, it is we would like something to happen (or change) while in E, it is we want something to happen.
So now, we can say that English Grammar in Use, Unit 41 claims that they use I wish ... would ... to say that they want or would like something to happen.
This explanation on its own is 100% in line with my goals.
Now that we've all seen on of this, I'd like to ask you, why did you not like my, "I wish he would realize it sooner" (if you didn't like the word "sooner", let this sentence be without it "I wish he would realize it")?
To me, it is the same as "I wish it would stop raining". It's been raining all day and she says, "I wish it would stop raining", but at the same time she, probably, doesn't expect the rain to stop soon.
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