I wished I could...

[Ahmeeeeeeeeeed]

'studied' with 'wished' doesn't quite work. You need the 'had'.

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Why exactly ??

let's talk about a week ago

that time I said " I wish I had a car"

means I wanted a car that time

we turn it to

I wished I had a car

because we we are not talking about a wish in the past of that past

Am I wrong ?
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"There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error....."

The qur'an 1:256

[Bookaholic_English]

I think 'had had' is still necessary while you can use either 'wish' or 'wished'.
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[Ahmeeeeeeeeeed]

I found this

"

b. The same time
When the subordinate clause refers to the same time as the main clause, the Simple Past Subjunctive is usually used in the subordinate clause. In the following examples, the verbs in the Simple Past Subjunctive are underlined.
e.g. When she was at the party, she wished she were at home.
Now that he is in China, he wishes he understood Chinese.
When we begin the trip, they will wish they were with us.
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http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch09.html

"she wished she were at home."
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"There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error....."

The qur'an 1:256

[Sundance]

i gues i understand our brother's problem to express whises in past to mean future.i think it will be like this " i wish i could have bought a car ,or would have bought a car.but at the end according to a TOFEL book both COULD HAVE WOULD HAVE OR HAD bought a car looks like the same with a a slight difference

[Bookaholic_English]

Acceptable but not standard or proper.
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[Sundance]

parden my bieng dull sir ,but what u mean by NOT STANARD OR PROPER.

[Sundance]

[Ahmeeeeeeeeeed]

the sentence SHE WISH SHE WERE AT HOME is mostly used for imposibilty and it means that she wanted to be home but she was not.
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NO , it means that she wantS to be at home but she ISnot
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"There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error....."

The qur'an 1:256

[Beeesneees]

The sentence 'She wishes (not wish) she were at home' means that she wants to be home, but she is not there.

It is not so much an indication of impossibility as an indication of desire. The subjunctive mood expresses a wish or desire.
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Cheers m' dears!

[Bookaholic_English]

Could have/Would have may be used with 'wish' patterns but not standard as most native speakers and grammar books don't use it.
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Rolling stone gathers no moss.

[Bookaholic_English]

'She wished she were at home' may be correct when it is a result of the changing from direct to indirect speech.
Some grammar books say 'wished' must be used to imply an unreal wish in the past but it seems redundant and so, 'wish' in present forms are used instead.
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Rolling stone gathers no moss.

[Beeesneees]

'She wished she were at home' means that at some point in the past she wanted to be home, but she was not there.
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Cheers m' dears!

[Bookaholic_English]

Yes...Do that have some thing to do with this:
Direct speech:"I wish I were home", she said.
Indirect speech:She wished she were at home.
The "were" do not change because subjunctive mood remains unchanged when turned into indirect speech.
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