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I Sentence Word Order Shoes Choose Invert Conditional

Conditional inversion without 'if' places 'were' at the beginning: 'Were I in your shoes...'

La inversión condicional sin 'if' coloca 'were' al principio: 'Were I in your shoes...'.

Task Choose the sentence with the right word order
Answer 3
a I would tell him everything, were in your shoes I.
b I were in your shoes, I would tell him everything.
c Were I in your shoes, I would tell him everything.
d I would tell him everything, I were in your shoes.
comment When we invert the conditional sentence and omit 'if' we place 'should, were, had' in the first place: [should / were / had + subject + object] + [result clause]
topic word order
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