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    This document discusses using "wish" and "if only" with the past perfect tense to express regret over past events that cannot be changed. Specifically, it provides examples of using "wish" or "if only" followed by "had" and a past participle to talk about wanting a past situation to be different than it was, such as wishing one "had" more money in the past or wishing something "hadn't" been said. It also notes that it is possible to use "could have" and a past participle with "wish" or "if only" to express the same sense of desire for an alternative past.

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    This document discusses using "wish" and "if only" with the past perfect tense to express regret over past events that cannot be changed. Specifically, it provides examples of using "wish" or "if only" followed by "had" and a past participle to talk about wanting a past situation to be different than it was, such as wishing one "had" more money in the past or wishing something "hadn't" been said. It also notes that it is possible to use "could have" and a past participle with "wish" or "if only" to express the same sense of desire for an alternative past.

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    WishIfOnly PastParfect

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    This document discusses using "wish" and "if only" with the past perfect tense to express regret over past events that cannot be changed. Specifically, it provides examples of using "wish" or "if only" followed by "had" and a past participle to talk about wanting a past situation to be different than it was, such as wishing one "had" more money in the past or wishing something "hadn't" been said. It also notes that it is possible to use "could have" and a past participle with "wish" or "if only" to express the same sense of desire for an alternative past.

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    LeveL Advanced 1

    Unit Lesson 2

    3 - GrowinG up

    Wish and if only + past perfect

    Use

    We use wish and if only + past perfect to express our As with the 3 rd conditional, it is also possible to use
    desire that the past was different. could +
    have + past participle.
    For example:
    I wish I could have got on with
    I wish I had more money when I was younger. (I didn’t
    have very much/enough money when I was him. If only I could have got on
    younger.)
    with him.
    If only you hadn’t said that. (You said it and it was wrong
    to say it.)

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