8 thoughts on “ If I Were ”

1. If I were you, I would study more. If I were you, I would stop doing that. If I were you, I would go to the doctor. if I were you, I would subscribe to the Woodward English YouTube channel right now.:) If I were you, I wouldn't play with those wires. Though in informal (and grammatically incorrect) English, you may hear some people say If I.

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2. Mar 13,  · If I were you, I would try to find a new job. If she were here, she would explain the situation. The second group of sentences refers to a situation that was always true in the past. In this case, the past simple is used. If I were is used to express an imaginary situation in the present. If I were you, I would take a taifluslinkvehocontglucosimthralorse.coinfo: Kenneth Beare.

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3. I wish I were young. I wish I were a boy. I wish I were a policeman. I wish I were a rich man. All the above sentences suggest you want to be something you are factually not. In other words, you are NOT young, a boy, a policeman, a rich man and you are sorry that you are not young, a boy, a policeman, a rich man. If I were you, I wouldn't say that.

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6. In both sentences above, the “if” clause contains a form of the past tense of the verb. There is one exception to this rule, however. If the verb in the if clause is “to be,” use “were,” even if the subject of the clause is a third person singular subject (i.e., he, she, it). See the examples below for an illustration of .

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7. If I were to have had enough reputation, which has you looking back in time instead of to the future, which "were I to have" communicates. The same goes for your option number four, with the addition of the word had after the word have. Option number four, by the way, is "correct" only when the wished-for action is yet future, not in the.

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8. Apr 22,  · When to Use Were. Carrie's example is an easy one to start with because her sentence starts with words "I wish"—I wish I were more perceptive—and that's about the biggest clue you can get that her sentence is wishful. Wishful sentences call for the subjunctive mood of the verb "to be," so the right choice is "I were": I wish I were more.

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