Timeline for Which is correct: "what if there was" or "what if there were"?
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| Sep 9, 2010 at 1:13 | comment | added | Charlie | I'd feel more comfortable labeling this as the subjunctive mood. This is part of a speculative phrase, and is the dependent clause of the main clause, which would be in the conditional mood. Though I've rarely heard English described as having a conditional mood. | |
| Sep 7, 2010 at 23:34 | comment | added | Jonik | From what I've come to know about this site, I believe it is only a matter of time that someone will point out (rather persuasively too) that neither form is, in fact, grammatically incorrect. :-) | |
| Sep 7, 2010 at 22:37 | history | answered | Stefano Borini | CC BY-SA 2.5 |