English has tenses for a reason. The subjunctive is used when something is not real or actual. We were in Starbucks this morning and they have wishes up including this one " I wish every day was a holiday"
Obviously every day is not a holiday, even in the past. The wish should be " I wish every day were a holiday." Small point but if there were not a good reason for expressing the difference our language would be the poorer.
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