Question

It is/ be/ was/ were because?

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不懂的不要乱答。 第一，你这么说即是you用was？我还是第一次听。 第二，你解释得不详细，我也知道我不是她的父亲，那为什么不用were或be？而且我想问的就正是「这里只是解释原因，应不应该用subjunctive mood？tense又应怎配合？」。 第三，she were是错？为什么你不说I were是错？同样都是与事实相反。

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就针对问题而言，只可以选it is because。 Yes
if I were her father
I would help her. It is/ be/ was/ were because she were my precious child. 以上所有underline的部份为past tense，因为均带有假设性成份。 至于句中的it xxxx because，是要introduce an explanation of cause and effect，并没有任何「假设性」。所以写成it is because。 此外，在中文我们常有这样的句子结构：「我做出了xxx的决定 - 因为，xxxx（原因）」。反观英文则不常常这样表达，不因为这样说不对，而是这样的句子结构在英文来说不甚「成熟」（多年前slot的英文老师曾这样说）。就以上句子而言，只需说「…because…」也就足够了（正如发问者所言）： Yes
if I were her father
I would help her just because she was so precious to me. (NOT “she were”) 另外，It is because亦较为常见于一句statement之开始： It is because your ego was hurted. It is because he no longer fears. It is because workers today produce far more than those in the past. 2010-02-11 15:02:46 补充： according to henry's further question 少许补充： she was so precious to me. (NOT “she were”) <--- 应该说 she was so precious to me 与 she were so precious to me 同样正确. 2010-02-11 15:03:07 补充： "was" and "were" both suggest the subjeutive mood in old-school english. But you can use "were" to denote its HYPOTHETICAL nature
as what this link explains. wsu.edu/~bri/errors/were Thanks for your question. 2010-02-11 15:04:41 补充： subjunctive mood <-- :)
参考: slot
没有 it be. IT WAS系过去式
不合理，用来强调过去? IT WERE不应用假设语吧 我会用IT IS 同埋个SHE WERE MY precious child. 我个人觉得都应用翻SHE IS因为后面成句都系讲个人意见或原因。 以上未必系正确，纯属个人之意见
可参考不可尽信因此不要 *** 。 但希望呢个问题会水磊石出。
If you were her father
would you help her? Why? Yes
if I were her father
I would help her. It is because she would be my precious child. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx If I were her father....... This is talking about something now. So one should use (It is because....) I think using (would be) is better. The reason is as follows: If I were her father
she would be my precious child. You do not say: If I were her father
she were my precious child.
is，因为你根本系佢老豆，系事实，同埋我上面个个有D野错咗，如果一D野系没可能发生系要用were 2010-02-09 19:52:41 补充： HENRY，你自相矛盾，因为如果系没可能发生先用were，如果系真嘅话，唔会用were
第一，你开头的句子中「If you were her father」已经错了，这里应该用 was 而非 were。 第二，你问的问题的答案是 was，因为你不是她的父亲。 第三，because she were...应用 was。