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by nageswarkv » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:08 am
he talked as if he were a New Yorker.
he talked as if he was a New Yorker.


he talked as if he were a New Yorker. is correct.

as if is subjunctive mood, which is not the fact, wish, request then we need to use, I were.

Example:

If I were a king, I would rule the kingdom peacefully.

If I were born in England, I would have spoken better english.
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by thephoenix » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:10 am
subgeeth wrote:he talked as if he were a New Yorker.
he talked as if he was a New Yorker.
its a case of subjunctive and in subjunctive mood the verb is always plural irrespective of the subject
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by subgeeth » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:13 am
Thanks .....
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by prinit » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:22 am
thephoenix wrote:
subgeeth wrote:he talked as if he were a New Yorker.
he talked as if he was a New Yorker.
its a case of subjunctive and in subjunctive mood the verb is always plural irrespective of the subject
@ thephoenix. thanks for making it clear...I always used the subjunctive mood with the plural verb, but till now I was unaware of underneath grammar :)
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