this one little thing
As far as linguists go, I am by no means a prescriptivist, but talking to people is a lot easier when I don’t have to pause to think about this every time someone fails to correctly employ the future subjunctive.
IF I WERE TO UTILIZE A CLAUSE THAT DEMONSTRATES DOUBTFUL POSSIBILITY FOLLOWING THE WORD ‘IF’ …
Beyoncé can do it (see: If I Were A Boy), so why can’t you?