Comments on Profile Post by Anra7777

Part 0:
I thought people would like the Shakespeare with famous actors bit. I guess not. *grumble*

Part 1:
I have the words “subjunctive contrary to fact” burned into my brain after nearly 30 years of them being drilled into my head by my English prof mom. Only when researching did I find that there was more to this tense then I thought. I’ll explain what I do know, then direct you to a site I came across with more info.

Part 2:
Think of a hypothetical situation. Now, since it *is* a hypothetical, and not real, the tense changes. Rather than saying, “If I was hungry, I would eat,” you should say, “If I were hungry, I would eat.” That is subjunctive contrary to fact.

Part 3:
Confession: it took me a while to put up this episode because this was giving me a headache. Confession: I shudder every time I see the words “if... was...” and there are a lot of those in novels.
For more info: https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/grammar_subjunctive.html