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Teofil Brauer Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
(Was/Were to + Infinitive) VS. (If + Were to)
Was/Were to + Infinitive:
It was/would/was going to take 48 hours to get to Japan = past
If + Were to:
If it were to take 48 hours to get to Japan (hypothesis now)
If it were to have taken 48 hours to get to Japan (hypothesis in the past)
the difference is between the: ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") and ("If + Were to") only an "If" (hypothesis) in meaning, right?
It was to take 48 hours to get to Japan = (If) it were to have taken 48 hours to get to Japan
and can I use the ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") with an "If"? because If I can then Was=Were and IF + ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") = ("If + Were to")
but I think I can't use this ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") with an IF
a bit complicated:)
It was/would/was going to take 48 hours to get to Japan = past
If + Were to:
If it were to take 48 hours to get to Japan (hypothesis now)
If it were to have taken 48 hours to get to Japan (hypothesis in the past)
the difference is between the: ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") and ("If + Were to") only an "If" (hypothesis) in meaning, right?
It was to take 48 hours to get to Japan = (If) it were to have taken 48 hours to get to Japan
and can I use the ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") with an "If"? because If I can then Was=Were and IF + ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") = ("If + Were to")
but I think I can't use this ("Was/Were to + Infinitive") with an IF
a bit complicated:)
Top answer
Teofil Brauer If it were to take 48 hours to get to Japan, ... (hypothesis now) Correct. This is a variant of the if -clause in a second conditional: If it took 48 hours to get to Japan, ...
- Teofil Brauer If it were to take 48 hours to get to Japan, ...
- (hypothesis now) Correct.
- This is a variant of the if -clause in a second conditional: If it took 48 hours to get to Japan, ...
- The basic form is more commonly used than the variant you're asking about.
- Teofil Brauer If it were to have taken 48 hours to get to Japan, ...
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Teofil BrauerIf it were to take 48 hours to get to Japan, ... (hypothesis now)
Correct. This is a variant of the if-clause in a second conditional:
If it took 48 hours to get to Japan, ...
The basic form is more commonly used than the variant you're asking about.
Teofil BrauerIf it were to have taken 48
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