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Grammar explanation. We use wish and if only to talk about things that we would like to be different in either the present or the past. If only is usually a bit stronger than wish. In the present. We can use wish/if only + a past form to talk about a present situation we would like to be different. I wish you didn't live so far away.
We use if only to express a strong wish that things could be different. It means the same as I wish but is stronger. We use it to talk about past, present and future unreal conditions.
To express a wish in the present or in the future. Form. wish/ If only + past simple. Examples: If only I knew how to use a computer. (I don’t know how to use a computer and I would like to learn how to use it.) I wish I were a millionaire! (I would like to be a millionaire but I am not one of them.) 1.2. To express past regrets. Form.
I wish e if only son los elementos que te ayudan a expresar deseos en inglés, además de arrepentimientos. Gracias a su naturaleza, son muy comunes en las conversaciones del día a día, por eso aquí encontrarás sus estructuras para formar frases, cuándo usar cada uno y ejemplos útiles.
para desear algo a otra persona para el futuro, por lo general en ciertas expresiones tales como: "I wish him the best of luck." = le deseo la mejor de las suertes. "wish" / "if only". Se puede usar "wish" y "if only" para expresar un deseo poco probable o imposible o una queja:
If only. We can use if only instead of I wish with a very similar meaning. The only difference is that if only is more emphatic. If only I was/were a bit taller!* If only you had followed my advice. If only you would make a bit of an effort. You are wasting your life! Note that we can use were instead of was with I / he/she after I wish / if only.
Se usa I wish e if only para hablar de cosas que se desean o de las que nos lamentamos. Se usa …as if… y …as though… para mostrar que la información contenida en una cláusula podría ser cierta o no.
