Timeline for Using "wish" to express regret in the present and in the past
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| Jan 19, 2011 at 3:40 | comment | added | mko | Wow, it does sound ass-kicking! There are so many additional aspects that I could think of. | |
| Jan 18, 2011 at 4:10 | comment | added | Robusto | @PLL: Yes, and I just thought of something else about it that bothers me. When you say "for the baby kicking" sounds like the kind of kicking you hear in "ass-kicking" ... so a "baby-kicking" sounds like something I wouldn't want to attend. | |
| Jan 18, 2011 at 3:15 | comment | added | PLL | +1 — I think it’s the echoed for that makes the original version a bit clunky. It’s not wrong, but as you say, it’s certainly awkward. | |
| Jan 18, 2011 at 3:11 | history | edited | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 18, 2011 at 3:04 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |