Anonymous  +  961665 Wed, 04 Nov 09 06:31 PM What is correct, "I wish there was" or "I wish there were..." in the context of I wish there were someone who knows what I mean when..   Thank you.  Anonymous

	Yankee  +  961843 Wed, 04 Nov 09 10:33 PM Anonymous “I wish there were someone who knows what I mean when..” Actually, if I were you, I think I'd be just as concerned about the form of the other verbs in the sentence. I'd make them subjunctive as well.  I would write the sentence this way: - I wish there were someone who knew what I meant when... Saying "I wish there were someone who knew" is not really much different from saying "I wish someone knew". As regards the was/were issue, the use of "were" would be the more formally correct word to use. However, in informal everyday English the word "was" is very often used instead, and it has also been gaining some grammatical respectability. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,491 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Regards, Subjunctives, Sentences