"If they ___ me this job, I'd turn it down."
a) would offer
b) were to offer
I had this question in my test lately. The latter is the right answer, but I don't really get the difference between these two. Could someone explain it?
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"If they ___ me this job, I'd turn it down."
a) would offer
b) were to offer
I had this question in my test lately. The latter is the right answer, but I don't really get the difference between these two. Could someone explain it?
Best Answer
This is an example of the Second Conditional, and in its "if-clause", a "would + verb" construction is not possible.
Instead of were to offer, the simple past form offered is also acceptable in this type of conditionals, but it was not included in the OP's options.
The OP's sentences is such a sentence in the Second Conditional construction with a past tense verb without a past meaning. It simply shows a hypothetical situation in the present time.