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帮忙看英语句子 I wish I was dead.

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帮忙看英语句子 I wish I was dead.
在课本中发现了一句话,I wish I was dead.本人觉得既然是虚拟形式,就应该是 were
帮忙看英语句子 I wish I was dead.
一般语法书说(或多数考试题目要求),只有下列结构才算正确:
I wish I were;I wish he were
例句:
I wish I were a billionaire.
但愿我是个亿万富豪.
不过,西方人也说:
I wish I was a billionaire.
另外,Jack London在其小说Martin Eden中写道:
He wished Ruth was there to share in the joy.
Jack London无理由写错.若仍不信,只好搬出字典来:
牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第六版说:
[V (that)] I wish I were taller.我要是个子高一些就好了.◇ (BrE also) I wish I was taller.
陆谷孙《英汉大词典》则说:
[表示不能实现或与现实相悖的愿望] 但愿:I I were (或was) a bird.我愿自已是只鸟.
至于原因,牛津字典说I wish I were...结构是英式英文的一种选择,但亦有学者称其属spoken English.
所引美国作家Jack London的句子,在书中不属对话,即非spoken English,那么,他到底是用哪种英文写作的,英式还是美式?
我们不必深究,明白I wish I was...结构不算错即可.