2006-08-06 11:42:09 · 46 answers · asked by Grace 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Neither. Correct would be
"I wish I was rich"
2006-08-06 11:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2006-08-07 14:42:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-06 11:45:49 · answer #3 · answered by I ♥ me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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I Wish I were rich
2006-08-06 11:44:56 · answer #4 · answered by Peter M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"I wish I WERE rich"
OR, if you're trying to say what you would do in that case,
"If I were rich. .. "
EXPLANATION:
I notice that no one yet has included any links to back up their statements.
The basic answer is this -
1) Most of the time when you speak, you are simply relating facts and use what is called the INDICATIVE mood, with past tense, present tense, and so on
2) When you are trying to express a WISH for something that is "contrary to fact", you use special verb forms in the SUBJUNCTIVE "mood".
"If I WERE" uses the subjunctive mood; the "were" used here is NOT the past tense (indicative). In fact, the subjunctive all by itself does not even tell you the tense!
3) There are not very many special forms for the subjunctive mood in English. As a result, many people do not even know what it is. So they proudly change "If I were rich" to "If I was rich"... thinking they're correcting a mistake.
2006-08-06 14:44:10 · answer #5 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish if I were rich....
However, the usual position is ," If I were rich, I wish.....)
You can altogether remove I wish if you use If I were rich because you are only wishing to be rich.
Examples:
1. If I were rich, I would buy the whole world. (wishful thinking)
2. I wish I could buy the whole world. (wishful thinking)
Can you get it?
2006-08-06 11:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by klay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. I wish if I were rich
2006-08-06 12:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
none, so let me correct it!!
1- I wish if I were rich
#I wish if I WAS rich
2-I wish if I was rish
# I wish if I was riCh
2006-08-06 11:44:13 · answer #8 · answered by ¤Forever¤ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What are you trying to say?
"If I were rich I wish ___."
"I wish I were rich." is correct.
"I wish I was rich" is incorrect. You don't want to wish you were rich in the past. You want to be rich now, in the future or have always been rich.
All of the people using "was" are wrong. It's annoying how so many native English speakers stumble over their own language.
The past subjunctive is used after the verb to wish: "I wish he were rich" or "I wish I were rich."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood
2006-08-06 11:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Plasmapuppy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
#1 I wish I were rich.
2006-08-06 11:47:02 · answer #10 · answered by Gemini23 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what you are trying to say. However, it sounds like you are speaking hypothetically (about a situation that has not occurred). In that case, you would use the phrase "I were." It is the subjunctive tense, which is not taught to much degree in most American public school English classes, but is the bane of many high school French or Spanish students.
May God bless and keep you.
2006-08-06 11:47:11 · answer #11 · answered by blowry007 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋