wish clauses

WesternAmerican wrote:

If you blindly trust that guy, why did you ask us that question? Koh has given you a detailed explanation, but you choose to ignore it.

No, I never ignored it; do not misunderstand. The guy that I trust is not an ordinary guy and also If I blindly trusted him, I would have never opened a thread here

Yoong Liat wrote:

Gencebay90 wrote:  WesternAmerican wrote: If you blindly trust that guy, why did you ask us that question? Koh has given you a detailed explanation, but you choose to ignore it. No, I never ignored it; do not misunderstand. The guy that I trust is not an ordinary guy and also If I blindly trusted him, I would have never opened a thread here Do you think our native speaker members are ordinary guys, and your friend is extraordinary?  I've very high regard for the native speaker members of this Forum who sacrifice their time to help non-native speaker members like me. If what I'd written is wrong, they would not have hesitated to correct me. Be assured.

I have never meant something like that and to me native speakers are always better than non-native speakers and I am expecting their responses

Hi Guys,

It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused

Goodman wrote:

Hi Guys, It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused

Goodman wrote:

Yoong Liat wrote:  Goodman wrote: Hi Guys, It’s raining buckets and you have a BBQ planned in your back yard. You’d say “I wish It weren’t raining…” This is subjunctive, not indicative; so “was” is incorrect although it’s frequently misused I wish it weren’t raining. I wish it wasn’t raining. Which English authority says that the second sentence is wrong? Liat, here is your answer: English Grammar: Subjunctive (EnglishClub.com) (The were form is correct at all times.) Informal ... I wish it were longer. I wish it was longer.  We usually use the subjunctive were instead of "was" after if (and other words with similar meaning). Look at these sentences: If I were you, I would ask her. Suppose she were here. What would you say? Why do we say "I were", "he were"? We sometimes hear things like "if I were you, I would go" or "if he were here, he would tell you". Normally, the past tense of the verb "to be" is: I was, he was. But the if I were you structure does not use the past simple tense of the verb "to be". It uses the past subjunctive of the verb "to be". In the following examples, you can see that we often use the subjunctive form were instead of "was" after: if as if wish suppose     Is this authoritative enough?