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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

If the train ticket was to be /were to be

If the train ticket were to be placed in his pocket, he would be able to find it.

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It's not a thing I find myself saying often, but it's grammatically correct.

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It's not a thing I find myself saying often, but it's grammatically correct.
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are these two correct too?

If the train ticket were placed in his pocket, he would be able to find it.

If the train ticket was placed in his pocket, he would be able to find it.
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Both are acceptable these days, especially in BrE. Some insist on 'were', as in the first sentence.
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