Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:06 pm
I wish I were happy=I wish I was being happy, but I'm not.
Fine.
I wish I walked home=I wish I was walking, but I am not.
This works only if you mean that you would like to walk home every day (instead of riding the bus, for example). Otherwise, it's hard to tell what you mean.
I wish I had been happy=Presently wish I had been happy, but I wasn't.
Fine.
I wish I had walked home=Presently wish I had walked, but I did not walk.
Fine.
I wished I were happy=I wished I were happy at the time of wishing, but I wasn't.
Fine.
I wished I walked home=I wished I walked home at the time of wishing, but I didn't walk.
No. The wishing and walking cannot take place simultaneously. Walking takes place over a longer period of time.
I wished I had been happy=I wished I had been happy in a time before I wished, but I wasn't happy.
Fine.
I wished I had walked home=I wished I had walked home in a time before wishing, but I hadn't walked.
Fine.
Fine.
I wish I walked home=I wish I was walking, but I am not.
This works only if you mean that you would like to walk home every day (instead of riding the bus, for example). Otherwise, it's hard to tell what you mean.
I wish I had been happy=Presently wish I had been happy, but I wasn't.
Fine.
I wish I had walked home=Presently wish I had walked, but I did not walk.
Fine.
I wished I were happy=I wished I were happy at the time of wishing, but I wasn't.
Fine.
I wished I walked home=I wished I walked home at the time of wishing, but I didn't walk.
No. The wishing and walking cannot take place simultaneously. Walking takes place over a longer period of time.
I wished I had been happy=I wished I had been happy in a time before I wished, but I wasn't happy.
Fine.
I wished I had walked home=I wished I had walked home in a time before wishing, but I hadn't walked.
Fine.