acknowledged. on condition that, in the event that/of = if I will come along on condition that you promise to behave. In the event that the plane lands on water, life-jackets are located under every seat. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will be lowered automatically. 5 I wish and if only can be used use to express a wish. 1) I wish or if only + Past Simple express wishful thinking: I wish I wasn’t so fat (, so I would be able to get into this tight-fitting dress)! If only John came on time (, so we could catch the last train)! I wish I lived in a big city. We all wish we had more time. If only I was taller, I could be a super-model. I wish you did not bother me with your stupid questions! I wish you were here! We cannot use would in these sentences, but we can use could: I wish I could fly to the Moon.
I can't keep doing this to you and I can't keep going through these crazy highs and lows. We need help, Gideon. We're seriously dysfunctional." "I saw Dr. Petersen on Friday. He's going to take me on as a patient, and-if you agree-he'll take us both on as a couple. I figured if you can trust him, I can try." "Dr. Petersen?" I remembered the brief jolt I'd felt at seeing a black Bentley SUV when Clancy pulled away from the doctor's office. At the time, I'd told myself it was wishful thinking. After all, there were countless black SUVs in New York. "You had me followed." His chest expanded on a deep breath. He didn't deny it. I bit back my anger. I could only imagine how terrible it must be for him to be so dependent on something-someone -he couldn't control. What mattered most at that moment were his willingness to try and the fact that it wasn't just talk. He'd actually taken steps. "It's going to be a lot of work, Gideon," I warned him.
In 1972, Norman Macrae, an editor of The Economist, speculated prophetically about a time in the future: The prospect is, after all, that we are going to enter an age when any duffer sitting at a computer terminal in his laboratory or office or public library or home can SHORTCUTS SHALL BE SACRED Opting Out of the Slpress Options Too many options can prove wearisome. © 1984, David Sipress, from Wishful Thinking, © 1987, by Harper and Row. delve through unimaginable increased mountains of information in mass- assembly data banks with mechanical powers of concentration and calculation that will be greater by a factor of tens of thousands than was ever available to the human brain of even an Einstein. (Macrae, 1972) Just one decade later, Time magazine signaled that Macrae's future age had ar-
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