If I had wings, I could get out of the maze.
If I were a bird, I could fly to you.
->Were I a bird, I could fly to you. ( I know that this conversion is possible.)
If I had had money, I would have bought it.
->Had I had money, I would have bought it. ( I know that this conversion is possible. )
If I had wings, I could get out of the maze.
-> Did I have wings, I could get out of the maze. ( Is this conversion possible?)
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Hans51 Did I have wings, I could get out of the maze. ) Yes, possible, but that's as far as I'll go. It is so old-fashioned that it is strictly poetical today, and even in poetry it is a tip of the hat to the eighteenth century.
- Hans51 Did I have wings, I could get out of the maze.
- ) Yes, possible, but that's as far as I'll go.
- It is so old-fashioned that it is strictly poetical today, and even in poetry it is a tip of the hat to the eighteenth century.
- If it was me, I'd use an exclamation point to flag the indicative inversion.
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Hans51Did I have wings, I could get out of the maze. ( Is this conversion possible?)
Yes, possible, but that's as far as I'll go. It is so old-fashioned that it is strictly poetical today, and even in poetry it is a tip of the hat to the eighteenth century.
If it was me, I'd use an exclamation point to flag the indicative inversion.
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