2019年2月14日 · 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. …

2021年10月25日 · What is the difference between "were" and "have been", and are these sentences gramatically correct? 1) some of the best known writers of detective fiction in the …

2017年4月26日 · Use were (instead of was) in statements that are contrary to fact. In your sentences it should definitely be: "What if the Moon were a Disco ball" - It's not true, that's why …

2014年11月5日 · That is, both "were to" (using the irrealis "were") and "was to" (using a past-tense verb) would usually be interchangeable in a sentence structured similar to yours, but …

The question is usually in the same form as the answer. So the answer might be these buildings were designed by Lutyens - the subject of the verb is the buildings. So, the question is "Who …

Technically, you should use 'were'. You are correct that the sentence is subjunctive because of the indefiniteness introduced by 'as though'. The subjunctive takes the plural form of the past …

But given that it didn't originally exist in AmE either, I still think it's probably down to "not-quite-native-speakers" conflating what were originally two distinct idiomatic forms. After enough mis …

2017年6月21日 · Your sentence is using the present perfect tense in the passive voice. If it were not in the passive voice, it would require the progressive, present participle form if been is …

2016年1月4日 · Both are correct, but can have different connotative meanings, as previous answers suggest. However, from a colloquial standpoint, both retain the same value. Using …

2015年5月17日 · Your father would be proud of us (if he were here now) It might as well imply he is dead, or simply away. In the second example, the third conditional expresses a hypothesis …