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Nausikaa87 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Wasn‘t or weren‘t with second conditional
Which is correct: If my phone wasn‘t broken, I could call a taxi. If my phone weren‘t broken, I could call a taxi.
I know that it is „If I were you...“. Is it always „were“ with all persons?
Thank you!
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nausikaa87 Which is correct: If my phone wasn‘t broken, I could call a taxi. If my phone weren‘t broken, I could call a taxi. Both are correct.
- nausikaa87 Which is correct: If my phone wasn‘t broken, I could call a taxi.
- If my phone weren‘t broken, I could call a taxi.
- Both are correct.
- "weren't" is more formal than "wasn't" and, I'm told, more often used in American English than in British English.
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nausikaa87Which is correct: If my phone wasn‘t broken, I could call a taxi. If my phone weren‘t broken, I could call a taxi.
Both are correct. "weren't" is more formal than "wasn't" and, I'm told, more often used in American English than in British English.
nausikaa87I know that it is „If I were you...“. Is it always „were“ with
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