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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Grammar
Ok, I'm never sure how to say this:
"If I were a rich man..." or
"If I was a rich man..."
"If I were a rich man..." or
"If I was a rich man..."
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" This is the right way to say it.
- " This is the right way to say it.
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Anonymous"If I were a rich man..."This is the right way to say it.
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(1) If I WERE rich (I am not), I WOULD/COULD/MIGHT buy you a new car. "Were" is called the subjunctive (something that is in my mind. Not a reality). (2) If I WAS rich, I WOULD buy you a car. = used by many native speakers because (a) they did not learn the "correct" form or (b) they don't want to use it. BE CAREFUL: Use this only for the present or future. If Mona says: "You were very rude to
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