Past wishes
wish/if only + subject + past perfect
If only I hadn’t gone to that party! = I wish I hadn’t gone to that party! (= I regret going/having gone to that party.)
Note the similarity between the subordinate clauseA clause that cannot be a sentence in itself. It is joined with a main clause. E.g.: I wouldn’t go there if I were you. ("if I were you") When I arrived he was surfing. ("when I arrived") of the third conditional and the one mentioned above. Actually, if you complete the sentence above, you will get a third conditional sentence.
If only I hadn’t gone to that party, I wouldn’t have met him again!
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