"Nor will they want to put their efforts and money into projects that don’t yet have proven financial track records, like many clean energy innovations – which, not incidentally, might have enabled us to meet our targets under the Paris climate accords, were we still part of the Paris accords." (The Guardian.)
Is "were" a subjunctive one in the above? Could it be replaced by "should we be still..." with the same meaning?
anonymous Is "were" a subjunctive one in the above? Yes. " with the same meaning?
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anonymousIs "were" a subjunctive one in the above?
Yes.
anonymous Could it be replaced by "should we be still..." with the same meaning?
Yes, if you must.