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Re: If he were a babe...
Posted By: Travholt, on host 193.69.109.2
Date: Friday, August 3, 2001, at 04:39:15
In Reply To: Re: Why you guys all suck (RINKONION II) posted by Mike, the penny-stamp man on Thursday, August 2, 2001, at 17:16:47:

> Penny "So Dave must be number 2 in coolness to Howard right now, as far as Forum goes, anyway. If he were a babe, maybe he could beat out Howard" stamp

Okay, the phrase "If he were a babe" has me slightly confused, and I'd like comments from people prominent in the English language on this.

Is the use of "were" correct? More importantly, since what I really want is to get the whole picture right: What are the rules for when you use "was" and when you use "were"?

I was
You were
He/she/it was (that's what I thought, at least)
We were
You were
They were

Is this wrong? (Yes, I learned this, or at least should have learned it, in school years ago, but if the above is wrong, it seems to have slipped from my mind...)

Trav"mildly confuzzled"holt

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