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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I was or I were

As I found my volunteering experience to be more and more rewarding, I realized that if I was going to make this change, I had to devote myself fully once again.

One of my friends told me it should "... if I were going to make this change..."

Which one is correct?
  

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Some people feel that only 'were' is formally correct, but many educated speakers of BrE use 'was' today.

— Fivejedjon

  • Some people feel that only 'were' is formally correct, but many educated speakers of BrE use 'was' today.
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Some people feel that only 'were' is formally correct, but many educated speakers of BrE use 'was' today.
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I don’t think were is even possible here. Was refers to past time.
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Aspara GusI don’t think were is even possible here. Was refers to past time.
I didn't think of that reading. Now that you have mentioned it, I that that you are right. I didn't read the question carefully enough.
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Aspara GusI don’t think were is even possible here
Would you say that the 'were' in the following sentence seem impossible to you, please?

- If I were going to make this change, I'd let you know of it. (Doesn't this mean that I'm not, in fact, going to make this change, but If I were (going to do this), I'd let you know.."? Doesn
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Laborious If I were going to make this change, I'd let you know of it.
In that sentence as it stands, 'were' is acceptable. Indeed it is the only correct form for some people.

However, in I realized that if I was going to make this change, I had to devote myself fully once again, we are dealing with a reporting of the realization "If I am goin
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@5jj, ..  thank you. Thank you very much for your crystalclear explanation. .. Emotion: smile ..  I, too, didn't pay attention to the full
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Laborious. Apologies for that.
Don't worry about it. Those of us who respond regularly do our best to give accurate responses, but most of us slip up occasionally. Fortunately, in this forum, there is almost always somebody (in this case, AG) to save the day.
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anonymousAs I found my volunteering experience to be more and more rewarding, I realized that if I was going to make this change, I had to devote myself fully once again.
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