| Wishes and regrets (Crown Academy of English) | 
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4 structures to express wishes and regrets:
WISH + past tense (for the present)
WISH + someone + WOULD (for ghe future)
WISH + past perfect (for the past)
IF ONLY + past perfect (for the past)
Note: you can also use IF ONLY instead of WISH in the other constructions for the present and future