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Hotmale Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"Were to" in conditional sentences
Hello,
I'd like to ask you if it's technically possible to use the inversion in a conditional setence with "were to", eg:
"If she were to phone, what would you tell her?"
Is it correct to say:
"Were she to phone, what would you tell her?"
Or, in case of a negative sentence:
"Were she not to phone, what would you do?"
Thank you
I'd like to ask you if it's technically possible to use the inversion in a conditional setence with "were to", eg:
"If she were to phone, what would you tell her?"
Is it correct to say:
"Were she to phone, what would you tell her?"
Or, in case of a negative sentence:
"Were she not to phone, what would you do?"
Thank you
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" Yes - it's correct, but it's not an inversion. " Correct. Rover
- " Yes - it's correct, but it's not an inversion.
- " Correct.
- Rover
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I'd like to ask you if it's technically possible to use the inversion in a conditional sentence with "were to", eg:
"If she were to phone, what would you tell her?"
Is it correct to say:
"Were she to phone, what would you tell her?"
"If she were to phone, what would you tell her?"
Is it correct to say:
"Were she to phone, what would you tell her?"
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Thank you for the answer 
I've always thought that in this type of sentence:
"If s/he were to ..." - there is no invers
I've always thought that in this type of sentence:
"If s/he were to ..." - there is no invers
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HotmaleI've always thought that in this type of sentence:"If s/he were to ..." - there is no inversion, but in this one:"Were s/he to .." there is, because you drop "if" and put "were" in front of the pronoun.Right.
she were is normal subject-verb order.
were she is called an inverted form or "subject-verb" inversion.
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