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F.E.
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"If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart."

  • "If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart."

...were to look... 1.what's the meaning? 2.what's My questions are about the differences between it and just one word "look" 3.In which section of my grammar book I can find this kind of usage?phrase "were to look":

Thanks in advance

  1. What's the meaning?

  2. What's the differences between it and just one word "look"

  3. In which section of my grammar book I can find this kind of usage?

"If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart."

...were to look... 1.what's the meaning? 2.what's the differences between it and just one word "look" 3.In which section of my grammar book I can find this kind of usage?

Thanks in advance

  • "If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart."

My questions are about the phrase "were to look":

  1. What's the meaning?

  2. What's the differences between it and just one word "look"

  3. In which section of my grammar book I can find this kind of usage?

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Slimpothive
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what's the meaning when "be" is followed by an infinitive

"If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart."

...were to look... 1.what's the meaning? 2.what's the differences between it and just one word "look" 3.In which section of my grammar book I can find this kind of usage?

Thanks in advance