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If I weren’t Japanese, I might .........?

If I weren’t Japanese, I might have needed a visa to enter the country.

If I weren’t Japanese, I might need a visa to enter the country.

Hi,

Are both correct?

Thank you.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yeah apparently both are correct. Guess what?!?! I'm American.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    If I weren’t Japanese, I might have needed a visa to enter the country.

    If I weren’t Japanese, I might need a visa to enter the country.

    Both of these sentences are correct, but the meanings are a little different.

    "If I weren’t Japanese, I might have needed a visa to enter the country." This seems to say that I already went to Japan or that I have been to Japan or that I am in Japan now, and because I'm Japanese I didn't need a visa to get into the country.

    "If I weren’t Japanese, I might need a visa to enter the country." This implies that I'm planning a visit to Japan, and because I'm Japanese I won't need a visa to get into the country.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    The restructured sentence is given below .

    If I weren't a Japanese, I might have needed a visa to enter the country.

  • 8 years ago

    First

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  • 8 years ago

    Technically yes, however the word "weren't" refers to more than one person so I would change it to "wasn't" or better still to it's full glory of "was not" to be grammatically correct.

    Source(s): Many pompous years
  • 8 years ago

    both are correct

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