英文文法問題_句子一:She opened her lips

Question

句子一:She opened her lips as if she was going to speak

句子二: She opened her lips as if she were going to speak

問題:

在上課的時後，老師說句子一又可以寫成句子 二，然後我有一個問題 ，

即在句子二的as if之句中，主詞是第三稱She，則be動詞不是要用was嗎，怎麼

可以用were呢

Answer 1

最佳解答

She opened her lips as if she were going to speak

這句是文法書上的用法

也是最正確的用法

因為在假設語氣的文法中規定

與事實相反時

be 動詞不論主詞人稱與單複數

一律使用 "were"而不用'was'

She opened her lips as if she was going to speak

這句是日常口語用法

不合文法

但多數美國人非正式場合都會這樣用

大家也都接受了

不過還是有小小建議

為免爭議

如果在台灣考試

還是乖乖用 were

免得被水準不夠的老師或閱卷者扣分

Answer 2

BE(英式英文)用were

AE(美式英文)三單可用was或were.