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RegDwigнt
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Well, "if I was" can be valid for the past, I guess.

"If I was wrong, please forgive me".

If I was wrong, please forgive me.

That aside, I think @Shintoone of the other answers is right that in British English -— at least spoken -— both are acceptable and probably equally common. (The 'were' version sounds more 'educated'.)

Well, "if I was" can be valid for the past, I guess.

"If I was wrong, please forgive me".

That aside, I think @Shinto is right that in British English - at least spoken - both are acceptable and probably equally common. (The 'were' version sounds more 'educated'.)

Well, "if I was" can be valid for the past, I guess.

If I was wrong, please forgive me.

That aside, I think one of the other answers is right that in British English — at least spoken — both are acceptable and probably equally common. (The 'were' version sounds more 'educated'.)

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Benjol
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Well, "if I was" can be valid for the past, I guess.

"If I was wrong, please forgive me".

That aside, I think @Shinto is right that in British English - at least spoken - both are acceptable and probably equally common. (The 'were' version sounds more 'educated'.)