127 Hypothetical (English)
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This is a rare grammatical usage for more advanced language studies, so let's circle back later and keep it simple for now. (Path :: Poetic)
Hypothetical Statements
Which one is right?If she was going to go...
If she were going to go...Hypothetical Statements use were for sentences that did not, do not, or might not have actually occurred. To state that clearer, when a sentence involves an action that did not yet occur, is not occurring right now, or might not occur at all. So to rephrase, use were when a sentence involves an action that did not, does not, or might not occur.
This is a rare grammatical usage for more advanced language studies, so let's circle back later and keep it simple for now. (Path :: Poetic)