I know that both the conditional sentences below are acceptable -

If I were an animal, I would be a horse/If I was an animal, I would be a horse -

but what about this: 'It would be unwise for a person who were only a junior in the company to criticise the boss'?

You could say, 'Were a person only...' or 'Were a junior to criticise...' but using 'were' after the relative pronoun 'who' sounds strange to me.

Regards Jonathan Jackson

I know that both the conditional sentences below are acceptable:

• If I were an animal, I would be a horse.

• If I was an animal, I would be a horse:

But what about this?

• It would be unwise for a person who were only a junior in the company to criticise the boss.

You could say Were a person only or Were a junior to criticise at the start of a sentence for a reversed hypothetical, but using were after the relative pronoun who sounds strange to me.