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Why the Beyoncè song's title is 'If I were a boy'? I think 'If I was a boy' is right!
in the song she explains how she is mistreated but if she was a boy things would be different.
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- Alemão
Slang? Dunno, lol. I learned that "was" would be correct here, but well, whatever. Ain't nobody got time for grammar :p
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- Inglês (EUA)
"Were" in this case is proper English. It is definitely not slang. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive
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- Alemão
- Inglês (EUA) Quase Fluente
In if clauses you have to replace was with were. If you speak other European languages you know that if clauses, for hypothetical conditions, use the conjunctive or subjunctive mood/mode. English lost most of it, the only case in which you still notice it is for to be, exactly this was/were switch. In German this is "wäre".
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- Inglês (EUA)
I don't see a problem with the title. "Were" is used with hypothetical ideas. Such as "if I were a bird," etc.
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- Inglês (EUA)
"Were" is used when you are talking about something that is not the case.
"If I were a rich man..." but I am not. "If I were a boy..." Implies that I am not.
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