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I wish to be a man vs I wish I would a man

The correct phrase is 'I wish to be a man.' The second phrase 'I wish I would a man' is incorrect. The correct structure is 'I wish to be' followed by the desired state or action.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 1057 views

I wish to be a man

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express a desire or aspiration to become a man.

Examples:

  • I wish to be a man so I could understand what it's like.
  • She said she wished to be a man in her next life.
  • There's a man I wish to see.
  • Consequently, you wish to become a man again.
  • I've read everything a man could wish to.
  • I wish to bid my man good fortune in the days to follow.
  • You have run off the man I wish to pursue the savages.
  • I wish, man - I wish you'd talked.
  • I wish I were a man. I'd knock you down.
  • I wish I had a man like that in my pocket.
  • I wish that man would stop crying.
  • I wish, man - I wish you'd talked.
  • No ways did I wish that man harm or take against him.
  • I wish every man on that blockade line had read that book.
  • I wish my old man could see these.
  • I wish I had man slaves who did whatever I want.
  • I wish Benji would man up and ask me out.
  • Because you should never wish for a man's death.
  • POLICE HAVE ISSUED THIS PICTURE OF A MAN THEY WISH TO INTERVIEW.
  • I know I should not have such thoughts but, I wish that horrible man could be struck by lightening.
  • I said, I wish your old man... were here to back me up.
  • I wish to enter the castle... and die like a man.

I wish I would a man

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • I wish I were a man. I'd knock you down.
  • I wish I had a man like that in my pocket.
  • I wish I had man slaves who did whatever I want.
  • There's a man I wish to see.
  • The kind of man I wish I could've been.
  • But there is a light in you so bright, it makes me feel like the man I wish I was...
  • I wish, man - I wish you'd talked.
  • I wish that man would stop crying.
  • I wish I've been born a man, I would have killed thousands in battle take over countries, burned witches.
  • I wish, man - I wish you'd talked.
  • Wish I had a man like her on my team.
  • No ways did I wish that man harm or take against him.
  • I wish every man on that blockade line had read that book.
  • I wish my old man could see these.
  • I wish Benji would man up and ask me out.
  • Because you should never wish for a man's death.
  • My burden I would not wish on any man.
  • I know I should not have such thoughts but, I wish that horrible man could be struck by lightening.
  • I said, I wish your old man... were here to back me up.
  • Consequently, you wish to become a man again.

Alternatives:

  • I wish I were a man
  • I wish I could be a man
  • I wish I was a man
  • I wish to become a man
  • I wish I could become a man

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