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An adjective denoting a mood expressing what one imagines, wishes or believes conceptually possible, but is not in fact ''so''. In grammar, the corresponding verbal mode. This uses ''were'' instead of ''was''. | An adjective denoting a mood expressing what one imagines, wishes or believes conceptually possible, but is not in fact ''so''. In grammar, the corresponding verbal mode. This uses ''were'' instead of ''was''. | ||
“If I ''were'' to have been writing an article about [[subjunctive]]s [''i.e., but I am not''], what would you think about that?” (This is confusing, of course, because I ''am'' writing an article about subjunctives. But to make sense of this example, imagine I ''were'' not.) | “If I ''were'' to have been writing an article about [[subjunctive]]s [''i.e., but I am not''], what would you think about that?” (This is confusing, of course, because I ''am'' writing an article about subjunctives. But to make sense of this example, imagine, when I said I ''were'', in reality I were ''not''.) | ||
Similarly, “If I ''were'' subject to the EMIR [[clearing obligation]] —” it imagines a benighted world that could exist, but in fact, happily, does not. | Similarly, “If I ''were'' subject to the EMIR [[clearing obligation]] —” it imagines a benighted world that could exist, but in fact, happily, does not. | ||