![]() If only my parents would let me stay out later. In all of the examples on the page, the situation is one in which the desired outcome is a dream or fantasy, not a reality: In this sense they are true wishes, not expectations or beliefs. We use wish + could/would to talk about situations in the future that we do not believe will come true. I would have helped you if you had askedme. I would have helped anyone who had asked me. We use would have in the main clause and the past perfect in a subordinate clause to talk about something that did not happen in the past: Why didn't you ask me? I could have told you the answer. I didn't see Mary, or I might have spoken to her. We use modals with have to talk about something that did not happen in the past: I would always help someone if they really needed it. I would always help someone who really needed help. We use would in the main clause and the past tense in a subordinate clause for a hypothesis about the present or future: It would be very expensive.ĭrive carefully or you could have an accident. We use modals would and couldfor a hypothesis about the present or future: What if he had lost his job? What would his wife have said? Modal verbs
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