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Mme. Defarge

(8,027 posts) Fri May 29, 2020, 02:26 PM May 2020

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Would that we could just call Social Services

to report that we have been living in an abusive household for almost four years.

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Would that we could just call Social Services (Original Post) Mme. Defarge May 2020 OP

What? Read this twice. What are you saying? jimfields33 May 2020 #1

That we are living with an abusive spouse named Donald SoonerPride May 2020 #2

Replace Would with WISH? Brainfodder May 2020 #3

Using "would" is correct when meaning "wish." cwydro May 2020 #4

jimfields33

(15,763 posts)

1. What? Read this twice. What are you saying?

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2020, 02:44 PM

May 2020

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)

2. That we are living with an abusive spouse named Donald

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Fri May 29, 2020, 02:51 PM

May 2020

He is torturing all of us.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)

3. Replace Would with WISH?

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Fri May 29, 2020, 02:56 PM

May 2020

The dirtiest rottenest orange in the grove was made and we wish we had a farmer who would just pick it and toss it already?

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

4. Using "would" is correct when meaning "wish."

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Fri May 29, 2020, 02:59 PM

May 2020

Substitute it and you'll get it. The OP is spot on.

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