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Lev Landau Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
If S were to vs If S verb-ed?
HI everybody,
Can someone please tell me the differences between the 2 structures If + S + were to and If + S + verb-ed?
As far as I know, both of them are used to talk about hypothetical situations at the present, and I can't tell the differences between them. For example: the 2 following sentences mean the same thing to me:
_ If England were to win the next World Cup,...
_ If England won the next World Cup,...
Thank you.
Can someone please tell me the differences between the 2 structures If + S + were to and If + S + verb-ed?
As far as I know, both of them are used to talk about hypothetical situations at the present, and I can't tell the differences between them. For example: the 2 following sentences mean the same thing to me:
_ If England were to win the next World Cup,...
_ If England won the next World Cup,...
Thank you.
Top answer
If England were to win the next World Cup, I would eat my hat. If England won the next World Cup, I would eat my hat. These are two ways to phrase the same thing.
- If England were to win the next World Cup, I would eat my hat.
- If England won the next World Cup, I would eat my hat.
- These are two ways to phrase the same thing.
- There is no difference in meaning.
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If England were to win the next World Cup, I would eat my hat.
If England won the next World Cup, I would eat my hat.
These are two ways to phrase the same thing. There is no difference in meaning.
If England won the next World Cup, I would eat my hat.
These are two ways to phrase the same thing. There is no difference in meaning.
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