Thursday, March 12, 2015

Metaphors and What They Mean

FYI: "I wish I" ... or "If only I ..."



After "I wish I ..." and "If only I ... or in 2nd conditional sentences we can use were or was (e.g. "I wish I were rich." or "I wish I was rich.") 
He would love this if he was / were here.
Were is recommended and more acceptable, but was is increasingly used in spoken English and sounds more informal.