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Grapepark Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Was/Were at the beginning of the sentence

What does "were" in this sentence mean?
Were he to win the game, I could only kick myself.
  

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Were he to win the game = If he were to win the game

— Mister Micawber

  • Were he to win the game = If he were to win the game
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Were he to win the game = If he were to win the game
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Thanks but I don't understand this structure too. (was/were to do something)
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If I were to do something...

This is just the subjunctive (Conditional II) of the structure 'to be to + infinitive'. You can learn more about it at BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv103.shtml
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