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No, "were" would only be used if you were supposing a condition different than reality. When used in the first person, it's the past subjunctive. So a valid sen
by gte910h 15y ago
No, "were" would only be used if you were supposing a condition different than reality. When used in the first person, it's the past subjunctive. So a valid sentence with "were" might be:
"If she were a man."
As the writer is in informal in the judgement of the commenter, the commenter therefore should use "was".