Lux Investing
Should was or were be used in this sentence? "If I were/was rich, I would invest more money in stocks."
I absolutely agree that it should be "were." However, many people, use "was." Also, spell check doesn't highlight it as a mistake. I suppose interchanging "was" and "were" could become as acceptable as interchanging will and shall.
Public Comments
- "If I were"
- "were" is for a wish here you are wishing - not a reality
- It would defeniatly be were because it is not something that holds true as of yet.
- Were. Just think of the song: "If I were a rich man, yeidle deidle deidle deidle deidle dum...all day long I'd viddy viddy vum...if I were a wealthy man."
- if i were rich is suitable here because you are just wishing it
