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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

If this were the case

Hey everyone.

Why is it that people will write the following even if the subject being discussed is in the form of a singular:

"If that were the case"

I guess that there is some linkage between using were and discussing a situation that has not come about.

Help, as always, would be welcome.

Thanks,

Rob
  

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'Were' here is called the [url= http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html]' WERE-SUBJUNCTIVE'[/url].
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Dear All

These are few example sentences where we can put were with a singular noun.....which i think will clear ur concept...

If i were prince Diana i would never marry prince Charles,
If i were the topper of the class i would donate my cash prize to some charity.
if he were my friend i would never lost him.
if this were the situation with me which he faced would hav
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To answer very simply, it is because of the use of 'if'.
You can use were instead of was, when you preceed with 'if'.

Don't look at the four example sentences from anonymous, they are not written well.

Paul
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