Why use were vs. god? Was with Proper Nouns
Is this question an question about sentences?
- Is it accurate?
I hope someone has someone to help me, please.
I wish John were myth’s;
he was a myth. I love him. I didn’t have the stomach or the eyes. I mean he was a myth. Why? I
wish John
was a myth so you could bust him. What
is the key difference between two meanings of the same?
What are some evidences?
I don’t think that the proper noun is important to the distinction here, which is between the indicative and subjunctive mode. Of as used here, was is indicative, while were is subjunctive and the better word to follow “I wish. This would still be the case if a common noun was involved instead of John. I wish my wife was here, not “I wish my wife was here.” “But I suppose that many native speakers ignore this distinction and was is common in this context.
