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The following two sentences are perfectly legal sentences.
1. If you could wish for one thing, what would it be?
Google this question, you will find this expression used in so many instances.
2. If she should win this race, we will be the first to congratulate her. Please go with the link below, and you will find it there.
https://amerenglish-grammar-2.webs.com/conditionals.htm Your correct versions are ->
1. If you could wish for one thing, what would it be? If you WERE to wish for one thing......
2. If she should win this race, we will be the first to congratulate her. If she were to win this race......
1 In fact, what you have stated as correct answers, are past subjunctives, which are used in very unlikely eventualities. You may say, if I were to wish for one thing, provided you feel that you are unlikely to wish for that; but do you encounter a situation, where you will not wish for anything. I do not think, it is unlikely for one to wish for a. thing. Of course you may say, If I were to buy the moon, that usage is ok; because it wouldn’t happen, would it? So that context is acceptable
2. If she were to win this race; What is so unlikely about her winning the race to warrant a subjunctive verb?
If you WERE to wish for one thing
But what I am missing is that, after saying that ‘wish’ cannot be used in a conditional clause, you are again using it.
Can you kindly elucidate?
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