![]() ![]() The most important thing is you understand when it is used and what it means. You will notice many people have different views on this issue. ![]() However, in some context, the meaning could be slightly different and you can visit the following links to learn more about how it works. In the old days, "I wish I was young" to express an impossible scenario was considered ungrammatical, colloquial and some people even said it sounds uneducated, but it has changed and I hear many people use "was" in place of "were". ![]() This sentence also suggests a hypothetical and impossible scenario because I can never be you. In other words, you are NOT young, a boy, a policeman, a rich man and you are sorry that you are not young, a boy, a policeman, a rich man. IĪll the above sentences suggest you want to be something you are factually not. The only context where were is appropriate after I is when the sentence is in the subjunctive mood. ![]()
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