Question

2855 ? Everybody looked at him as if he were from another planet. Everybody looked at him as if he [[were]] from another planet. were | was

Accepted Answer

was Everybody looked at him as if he was from another planet. Everybody looked at him as if he [[was]] from another planet. were In formal styles, when you are talking about an unreal situation, use were (NOT was ): 'If the motorway were extended, farming would be severely disrupted.'

Idx	2855
Keyword	was
Type of Sentence	?
Error Sentence	Everybody looked at him as if he was from another planet.
Correct Sentence	Everybody looked at him as if he were from another planet.
Cloze Error Sentence	Everybody looked at him as if he [[was]] from another planet.
Cloze Sentence	Everybody looked at him as if he [[were]] from another planet.
Cloze Answer	were
Choices	were \| was
Explanation	In formal styles, when you are talking about an unreal situation, use were (NOT was ): 'If the motorway were extended, farming would be severely disrupted.'

Looked Planet Formal Styles Talking Unreal Situation Motorway