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问题：【为什么ifiwereaboy中的were不用was?】
答案：↓↓↓ 程晓薇的回答： 网友采纳 Thesubjunctivemood,alwaysweakinEnglish,hasbeendwindlingawayforcenturiesuntilithasalmostvanished.Accordingtotraditionalthought,statementsabouttheconditionalfuturesuchas“IfIwereacarpenter...”requirethesubjunctive“were”;but“was”iscertainlymuchmorecommon.Still,ifyouwanttoimpressthoseintheknowwithyourusage,use“were”whenwritingofsomethinghypothetical,unlikely,orcontrarytofact. Thesamegoesforotherpronouns:“you,”“she,”“he,”and“it.”Inthecaseofthepluralpronouns“we”and“they”theform“was”isdefinitelynonstandard,ofcourse,becauseitisasingularform. | 
