If I was you和If Iwere you在语法上、含义上有什么不同?
在当代英语中,尤其在口语中,单数主语常用was代替虚拟式were。如:
If I was you, I would go。 我如是你,我就去。
I wish I was ten years younger。 我但愿年轻10岁。
I shall act by her as tenderly as if I was her own mother。 我将温存满怀地待她,就像她的生母一样。
在含义上,有时was发生的可能性大于were。 如:
He looks as if he was ill。 他像是病了。
但在正式文体中仍须用were,如须说if I were in your posit...全部
在当代英语中,尤其在口语中,单数主语常用was代替虚拟式were。如:
If I was you, I would go。 我如是你,我就去。
I wish I was ten years younger。
我但愿年轻10岁。
I shall act by her as tenderly as if I was her own mother。 我将温存满怀地待她,就像她的生母一样。
在含义上,有时was发生的可能性大于were。
如:
He looks as if he was ill。 他像是病了。
但在正式文体中仍须用were,如须说if I were in your position(假如我处于你的地位)。
又,as it were与were it not for me中的were亦不可代以was。
参考资料:薄冰英语语法 第十一章 虚拟语气
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