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The sentence
If I were you, and you were me.
Is this correct, or should it be " . . . am you, and you are me."
If I were you, and you were me.
Is this correct, or should it be " . . . am you, and you are me."
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Hi, The sentence If I were you, and you were me. Is this correct, or should it be " . .
- Hi, The sentence If I were you, and you were me.
- Is this correct, or should it be " .
- .
- " Say 'were', because you are talking about something that is not possible, something that will not actually happen.
- Note that what you wrote is not a complete sentence.
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Hi,
The sentence
If I were you, and you were me.
Is this correct, or should it be " . . . am you, and you are me."
Say 'were', because you are talking about something that is not possible, something that will not actually happen.
Note that what you wrote is not a complete sentence. It's just a subordinate clause.
Clive
The sentence
If I were you, and you were me.
Is this correct, or should it be " . . . am you, and you are me."
Say 'were', because you are talking about something that is not possible, something that will not actually happen.
Note that what you wrote is not a complete sentence. It's just a subordinate clause.
Clive
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