Question concerning the use of "were" in unreal conditional
statement   In an unreal conditional statement, we always use
"were" for any pronoun such as I, you, we, they, he, she, it;
does this rule applies for other noun as well?    If the house
were mine...  If the dog were dead...  If the table were
broken...   Thanks alot.  asked Jul 19 '12 at 15:42 Elijah New
member  2 answers   Yes. It is not the noun or pronoun that
determines the use of "were", it is the fact that it is an
unreal conditional.  link comment answered Jul 19 '12 at 15:56
Jeff Pribyl Grammarly Fellow  In addition to the two answers
already posted, I'd like to point out that "alot" is not a word
- it is in fact two words: a lot. ;)  link comment answered Jul
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