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Which one is correct? 1, 2 or both? Why? 1. I wish you would stop smoking. 2. I wish you stopped smoking.

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A native speaker would/could use both but 1 is better. I wish you would stop smoking sounds correct. I wish you stopped smoking sounds a little weird but some people would'nt notice it as being so.
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Both are correct. The only difference, really, is that #1 comes across as an even more polite way of asking someone to stop smoking.
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"I wish you would stop smoking." You are smoking now or are in the habit of smoking regularly and I wish you would stop. "I wish you stopped smoking." You were a smoker until your 60's and I wish you [had] stopped smoking earlier.

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