If I weren't Vs. If I wans't: Qual utilizar
- ernando
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Hi guys!
I was just writing an email when I tried to write what in English would be the equivalent of the Portuguese sentence "Experiências que eu não teria se eu não estivesse aqui". I started writing "Experiences I would not be living If I weren't here". Then I noted that even though people write "If I were" instead of "If I was" the way I wrote it (in the negative form) sounded weird for me since I had never used it this way before.
Do you guys know which of these is grammatically correct?
A) Experiences I would not be living if I wasn't (was not) here. or,
B) Experiences I would not be living if I weren't (were not) here.
Hope I had gave enough context,
Looking forward to hearing from you, and thanks in advance
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I was just writing an email when I tried to write what in English would be the equivalent of the Portuguese sentence "Experiências que eu não teria se eu não estivesse aqui". I started writing "Experiences I would not be living If I weren't here". Then I noted that even though people write "If I were" instead of "If I was" the way I wrote it (in the negative form) sounded weird for me since I had never used it this way before.
Do you guys know which of these is grammatically correct?
A) Experiences I would not be living if I wasn't (was not) here. or,
B) Experiences I would not be living if I weren't (were not) here.
Hope I had gave enough context,
Looking forward to hearing from you, and thanks in advance
.
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- Henry Cunha
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This is clearly a subjunctive case (a hypothetical proposition), so
Experiences I wouldn't be having if I weren't here.
We hear "if I wasn't" a lot, but it's poor usage.
Experiences I wouldn't be having if I weren't here.
We hear "if I wasn't" a lot, but it's poor usage.
- Donay Mendonça
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- Henry Cunha
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Para confirmar:
Ele me perguntou se eu estava em casa fazendo o que. = He asked me if I was home doing what.
Ele me perguntou se eu estivesse em casa o que estaria fazendo. = He asked me if I were home what would I be doing.
Now try these:
Se não fosse fácil eu pediria ajuda. =
Se não for fácil eu peço ajuda. =
Ele me perguntou se eu estava em casa fazendo o que. = He asked me if I was home doing what.
Ele me perguntou se eu estivesse em casa o que estaria fazendo. = He asked me if I were home what would I be doing.
Now try these:
Se não fosse fácil eu pediria ajuda. =
Se não for fácil eu peço ajuda. =