Q.
I am a teacher from Thailand. I really have a problem with my English teacher.
She is from Canada and she said she is a native speaker. I am not native English but
I have studied for many years. We have a serious problem about if clause. I talked to
her that we use the sentence "If I were you,I..." but she told me that she never used I
were in her country or in America. She uses "I was.." I siad that is wrong and I showed
her some books but she said nobody says I were, only I was. If I go to America I'll see. I don't know how to explain. I, as the teacher and I never been to America but I only study from my teacher who finished her docterate in America has taught me "I were..." So I would like you to confirm which one is right between "I were and I was in cinditional sentence" I will talk to her again because I don't want my students to study wrong.
A.
The correct form in and if clause is, "if I were you..." Some Canadians and Americans
might say, "If I was you..." but that is not correct.
This link will explain why:
subjunctive
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