Were (ommision of "if) paraphrase help

We're leaving now because they didn't come.

The sentence should start with "Were....

it's abaout omission of if in conditional sentences

Sorry - I'm stumped. Let's see what other teachers
have to say.

Do you really mean "were", or did you mean "we're"?

yes, were.

something like:

Were they to have come, we wouldn't be leaving now. (i am wondering wheter present perfect is okay here...

or

Were they to come, we wouldn't be leaving?

Klaudia Migdalyes, were. something like:Were they to have come, we wouldn't be leaving now. (i am wondering wheter present perfect is okay here...or Were they to come, we wouldn't be leaving?

The light bulb lights up.

"They didn't come and we're leaving now" becomes "Were they to have come, we would not be leaving now." "Were they to come" means in th

The subjunctive construction without an if-clause is quite formal, and sounds rather stilted.

But if you must have it, then this one seems better to my ear:

Had they come, we would not be leaving now.