Which sentence is correct?
I wish she called me.
I wish she would call me.
"Wish" "would" usage.
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Re: "Wish" "would" usage.
The correct version is:
I wish she would call me.
Here you hope that she will call you now or in the future.
It is also possible to say:
I wish she HAD called me.
but that has a different meaning. Here you regret that she did not call you in the past.
I wish she would call me.
Here you hope that she will call you now or in the future.
It is also possible to say:
I wish she HAD called me.
but that has a different meaning. Here you regret that she did not call you in the past.
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