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Question 87

Use the wish construction that expresses irritation and asks another agent to change recurring behaviour: the neighbours deliberately play loud bass at dawn every weekend. I wish they ___ the volume.

  1. lower
  2. had lowered
  3. would lowerCorrect answer
  4. would have lowered

Explanation

Would lower expresses irritation with another agent's recurring behaviour. Lowered would frame the issue as an unreal present state rather than a desired change in what the neighbours repeatedly do.

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