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please, which is correct in Ingilisch:
"If I was a Pterodactilus"
or
"If were a Pterodactilus"
thanks
- ********0
sorry,
If I was
or
If I were
- aliceblue0
I would hope
you were neither.
(or is it nuther)
- aliceblue0
was
('cause it is singular)
- ********0
"Pterodactls"
Also, I believe we need the rest of the sentence.
- paraselene0
it depends on the context.
'if i were' is a subjunctive clause.
you have to tell us what's coming before or after that clause.
- ********0
i though 'was' is past (my though was: i cannot have 'IF-WAS' because it didn't happen) and 'were' would be conditional.
if i was a carpenter,
would you marry me?if i were a carpenter,
would you marry me?
- ********0
thought... sorry.
- paraselene0
how about this:
if i were a carpenter, would you marry me?
would you have married me when i was a carpenter?
see the difference?
- aliceblue0
If I was a Pterodactylus
would you marry ME? ;-)
- paraselene0
If I were a Pterodactylus
would you marry ME? ;-)
aliceblue
(Nov 9 06, 05:54)
- Baskerville0
why would being a carpenter be an incentive to marry someone, unless they had just bought a new house that needed new furniture
- aliceblue0
parsalene ... good examples!
- ********0
If I was a Pterodactylus
would you marry ME? ;-)
aliceblue
(Nov 9 06, 05:54)
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I would! This post was just an excuse to find if there was still another around!ok, thanks paraselene, I get it.
- aliceblue0
Witt
I've posted a bit about myself:
- harlequino0
Caw! Caw!
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Cow! Cow!
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Witt
I've posted a bit about myself:www.reference.com/brow...
aliceblue
(Nov 9 06, 05:59)
----------------------ah! you're obviously of the elegans kind.
- kelpie0
never marry a Pterodactylus, they're all smiles and favors till you get the ring on that big knobbly clawed finger, then its just peck peck peck
- paraselene0
"pterodactylpecked"
i see that outstripping henpecked as the favoured term in a heartbeat, kelps.
- 23kon0
why would being a carpenter be an incentive to marry someone, unless they had just bought a new house that needed new furniture
Baskerville
(Nov 9 06, 05:55)
-----------maybe its the size of his hammer that impressed her