The Grammaring Guide to English Grammar with Exercises

Wishes about the future

WISH / IF ONLY + WOULD

This pattern is used for wishes about the future when there is a chance that something may happen or somebody (but not the person who wishes) may change their behaviour:

I wish it would stop

snowing.

I wish Mark would call

me back.

I wish more people would read

my blog.

Wish + would can also express not-so-polite requests or complaints:

I wish you wouldn't smoke

in here.