** If the verb "be" is used, then to be formally correct use "were" in these constructions, e.g. I wish (that) I were rich. This usage is called the subjunctive.

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The five patterns illustrated below provide the basis for all other sentence structures: that is, other kinds of sentences are transformations of these basic patterns. Though the above sentences are ...