It would help to have someone like a butler in the house making sure the house is always in working order. The context: http://www.commoncraft.com/transcript-computer-hardware-plain-english Can this sentense be rephrased in this way here? It would

Closets make things easier to access when you need them. Can this sentence be rephrased in this way? Closets make things easier to access when you need them. = Closets make it easier to access things when you need them.

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I have enough money to buy a coat. (Having money is non-eventive.) So *I wish I would have enough money doesn't work. * I have enough money to buy a coat. I have found another explanation as to why this sentense is incorrect. Michal Swan:

to CalifJim Maybe after wish , would cannot go only with states. For example, I wish you would have enough money to buy a coat does not work, because having enough money is a state, and I wish you wouldn't always come home so late is correct

I wish something interesting was happening now . I am bored. Again was happening is non-eventive, so this is fine. CJ " was happening now " is a continuous form. Doesn't " was happening now " denote an event? Why did you

Things that are repetitive or habitual are non-eventive. Here is one more example: I wish you wouldn't always come home so late. "always come home so late" is a habitual situation, so it is non-eventive. But this sentence is correct.

Thank you! I have enough money to buy a coat. (Having money is non-eventive.) So *I wish you would have enough money doesn't work. I have looked up these sentences in English dictionaries: I wish he would be more decisive. I wish you would

to CalifJim Maybe "eventive" means "habitual". Or "eventive" means "denoting an event". And "non-eventive" means "denoting some events"" Am I right?