I wished to have called on you last night, but I was too busy.

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Angliholic

#445471 Fri, 23 Nov 07 12:58 PM

I wished to call on you last night, but I was too busy.

Which one of the above makes more sense to you and why? Thanks.

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Yankee

#445493 Fri, 23 Nov 07 02:54 PM

Hi Angliholic

I wouldn't use wish in either of your sentences. I would use the verb want in the format you used in the second sentence:
I wanted to call on/visit you last night, but I was too busy.

I'd use wish this way, for example:
I wish I could have called on/visited you last night, but I was too busy.