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• "if I was" vs "if I were"

  (Usage Disputes)
  
  

  
     See under "Subjunctive" below.  The following pair of
  sentences shows the traditional and useful distinction:
  
  "If I was a hopeless cad, I apologize."
  "If I were a hopeless cad, I would never apologize."

  
  
  Source: [Mark Israel, 'Usage Disputes: "if I was" vs "if I were"', The alt.usage.english FAQ file,(line 1757), (29 Sept 1997)]
  
  
  
  

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