If I were to do it, I would do it in a different way.
请问 were to do 是指现在还是指将来?
were to + 动词原形用在条件从句中,专门用于表达与将来预料的事实可能相反的假设,它不能表达与现在事实相反的假设,这是与既可指现在时间又可指将来时间的过去虚拟式所不同的。
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If she were to try harder next time, she would pass the examination. (CGEL) 如果下次她学习再努力一些，是会通过考试的。（但是我预料她不会学习得更努力一些的。）
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If I were to do that, what would you say? (LDCE) 要是我去做那件事,你会说什么呢? (估计不会去做那件事)
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Were I to meet him tomorrow, I should ask him about it. (PEG) 要是明天我遇见他的话,我会问他这件事的。(暗含:估计不能遇见他)
请做下面的英语试题：
Jean doesn't want to work right away because she thinks that if she ____ a job she probably wouldn't be able to see her friends very often.
A. has to get B. were to get C. had got D. could have got(全国四级,96.1-44) were to
Were I to meet him tomorrow, I should ask him about it.
对于上面的无连词非真实条件从句我已经比较熟悉。但是我在词典和语法书中只查到它用于句首的例句，而没有查到用于句末的例句。这种无连词条件从句能否用于句末呢？
由 were, should 和 had 构成的无连词(无 if)非真实条件从句既能位于句首,也能位于句末。
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I should ask him about it were I to meet him. 要是我能遇见他的话,我是会问他这件事的。
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There'd be a clear case for legal action over this matter were it likely to make life difficult for all of us. (LEG) 如果这件事有可能造成我们大家生活上的困难的话, 我们对此事是完全有理由提出诉讼的。
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The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French potholer, Berger. (NCE 3, L. 42) 如果不是法国杰出的洞穴探险家波格发现了这个洞口，这个洞穴也许永远不会被发现。
请做下面的英语试题：
The impact of Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" might not have been so far-reaching ____ for Elizabeth Peabody, who dared to publish the controversial essay.
A. it not having been B. it is not being C. had it not been D. is it not being (TOEFL) were to
（1）If it were to rain, the ropes would snap. They're far too tight.
(2) If I were to do that, what would you say?
我已明白 were to 是虚拟语气, 表示与将来事实可能相反的假设, 那么, 下列句子是否也具有此种含义呢?
If you were to move your chair a bit to the right, we could all sit down.
If you were to... 常常用来表示建议。这里的虚拟语气具有极大的试探性和询问性，因此能表达委婉、客气的语气。上面句子的意思是：如果您稍微向右挪一挪您的椅子，我们大家就都可以坐下了。