[Gllug] plurals

[Rev Simon Rumble]

On Thu 19 Jun, t.clarke bloviated thus:

> To diversify yet again, can anyone explain clearly (since we never did
> English grammar at shool), the rule that dictates 'if I were ....'
> as opposed to 'I was....' ?

If I were is posing a hypothetical question.  I was is making a
statment...

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