Past Wishes

Past Wishes

Past wishes indicate things we imagine would have been different in

the past although we cannot change them.

For past wishes use the past perfect in the “that” clause.

For example,

I wish that I had gone to Cincinnati.

(I really didn’t go.)

He wishes (that) he had been elected chairman

(He wasn’t elected.)

They wish they had won the lottery.

(They didn’t win.)