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    The document discusses different ways to express wishes in English depending on whether they refer to the present, future, or past. It outlines using "wish" or "if only" for present and future wishes, "would rather" for stating personal preferences, and "would" or "could" plus the infinitive when wishing for ability to change past events. For past wishes, it recommends using the past perfect tense with "had" plus the past participle.

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    Tvorba želja u engleskom i još nešto gramatike

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    Wishes

    1) WISHES FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE


    states (be, have, love, hate, believe) - Past
    Simple
    if only
    I wish
    events (sleep) - would + infinitive (ne moe
    promijeniti, za sebe)
    could + infinitive (moe
    promijeniti, za sebe)

    would rather + bare infinitive - kada subjekt pria o svojim eljama (prvo
    lice jd. I 1. lice mn.)
    + Past Simple - kada subjekt pria o onome to hoe da netko drugi
    napravi ili da je
    napravio

    a) its high time + infinitive: its high time to go


    + for sb + infinitve: its high time for you to go
    + subject + Past Simple: its high time you went

    b) as if/ as though + Present Simple - samo ako je ta osoba i subjekt


    + Past Simple

    2) WISHES FOR PAST


    Past perfect (had + 3rd column)

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