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Martiumus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Conditional tenses?
I have always said "if I were to......" when proposing something or when refering to a hypothtical situation. I recently heard someone say "if I was to......" in a similar situation. I initially assumed this to be incorrect but then thought that 'was' does generally apply to 'I' and 'were' generally applies to 'we'. So have I been saying the wrong thing all these years? Thanks.
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" when proposing something or when refer r ing to a hypoth e tical situation. This is correct, but "was" is also used so much that it has gained acceptance. You can quite safely continue to use "were".
- " when proposing something or when refer r ing to a hypoth e tical situation.
- This is correct, but "was" is also used so much that it has gained acceptance.
- You can quite safely continue to use "were".
- CJ
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martiumusI have always said "if I were to......" when proposing something or when referring to a hypothetical situation.This is correct, but "was" is also used so much that it has gained acceptance. You can quite safely continue to use "were".
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