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Usage of gerund and participle | Darrow, and his board game, needs revision
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were/was/am #1 (permalink) Fri Jan 23, 2009 15:36 pm   were/was/am
 

Hi,everyone.There are three sentences as fellows:

If I was wrong,I apologize.
If I were wrong,I apologize.
If I am wrong,Iapologize.

Shocked which sentence is correct?I'm confused by the different forms of be verbs.Many Thanks in advance.
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were/was/am #2 (permalink) Fri Jan 23, 2009 20:08 pm   were/was/am
 

These are correct:

If I were wrong, I apologize.
If I am wrong, I apologize.

If I am wrong, please do correct me Smile

Please note:
Comma should always be followed by a space Smile
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were/was/am #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 23, 2009 20:19 pm   were/was/am
 

These are all grammatically possible:

If I was wrong, I apologize.
If I were wrong, I would apologize.
If I am wrong, I apologize.
If I am wrong, I will apologize.

I consider this one to be wrong:
* If I were wrong, I apologize.
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were/was/am #4 (permalink) Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:18 am   were/was/am
 

Thank you so much for your help, Gray and Esl Expert.Wish you a very nice day : )
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