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Yukineko
Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 64
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:35 am Post subject: Which is better? |
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Hello teachers. Could you help me with the following question?
#1 I wish I knew his name at that time.
#2 I wish I had known his name at that time.
Which one is better to use?
Thanks in advance.
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Lorikeet
Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: Which is better? |
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Yukineko wrote: |
Hello teachers. Could you help me with the following question?
#1 I wish I knew his name at that time.
#2 I wish I had known his name at that time.
Which one is better to use?
Thanks in advance.
Yukineko |
I prefer #2, and I think that would be the more "correct" grammar, but I am sure a lot of people just use #1. |
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Yukineko
Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 64
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:47 am Post subject: Thank you! |
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Hello Lorikeet.
Thank you for answering my question!
Now I know why some people use #1 even though it is a wish about what happened in the past.
Thank you very much!
Yukineko |
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