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Why do we say "if that were true" and not "if that was true"? In addition, in my sentence, should the question mark be inside the quote or outside?
18 feb. 2023 20:25
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And regarding your second question, according to this context I'd say the question mark should be indeed after the quotation marks.
18 februari 2023
Because you're using the past tense with a subjunctive mood, which is the one we use for hypotheses, like the one from your example.
18 februari 2023
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