Question

在 "If she were a man,her life would be different." 一句中，Be 動詞 were 可否改為 was ？

Answer 1

was 和 were 都可以當作這個句子的 Be 動詞，用 were 是一種由早期英語留下來的固定用法；用 was 則是跟著標記原則走的一般性用法。

Answer 2

was的话更符合现在的用法