if only I wasn't so stupid in english grammar. i wish I could understand this.
A: I wish you would make (or had made) less noise when you come in.
B: It's not my fault. The door squeaks when you open it.
It's late. My husband hasn't yet come home, and hasn't called me too.
I wish he had called/called/would call.
If he called/would call/had called I could stop worrying?
Please, explain me which variant is correct?
Thank you!
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A: I wish you would make (or had made) less noise when you come in.
B: It's not my fault. The door squeaks when you open it.
It's late. My husband hasn't yet come home, and hasn't called me either.
I wish he had called/called/would call.
If he called/would call/had called I could stop worrying!
Please explain to me, which variant is correct?
Thank you!
Both sentences using 'would' are expressing a wish/desire for something that does not exist. For this, we use the past tense of 'will'.
The last sentence is using a conditional, if, so it is using the past of 'call'.
You are expressing a wish to be iat a point in the future where something has happened in the past... you're not stupid - it's just weird English grammar.
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