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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Using was and were

Which one do I use:

If I was president.... or If I were president.....
  

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Anonymous Which one do I use: If I was president.. or If I were president.. If I were president is more formally gramatically correct.

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  • Anonymous Which one do I use: If I was president..
  • or If I were president..
  • If I were president is more formally gramatically correct.
  • ") If I was president is common in informal conversations.
  • The use of the subjunctive has been slowly declining in English.
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AnonymousWhich one do I use:
If I was president.. or If I were president..
If I were president is more formally gramatically correct. It is a older verb form called the "subjunctive.")

If I was president is common in informal conversations. The use of the subjunctive has been slowly declining in English.
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i'm confused in using was and were in the sentence when there is no time line.
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