I Wish and If Only: How to Express Regret in English [128]

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Express regret in English with I wish and if only. Compare past forms for present or future wishes with the past perfect for regrets about something that already happened. You’ll also understand wish with would when you want someone to change their behaviour. The grammar distinguishes what you wish were different now from what you wish had happened differently in the past.

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