Doesn’t fit what ? A standard pattern for the prescriptive bias against the past simple protasis in past hypotheticals ? Or sutuational context ? Given a proper one, you can ‘fit’ it even through a needle’s eye. In fact, the if-clause may imply the ‘true past’ but seen from the speaker’s stance now.
The protasis is not trully hypothetical, it can be a ‘past fact’ for the speaker
( from his ‘now’ perspective ) and it can set up a background for that hypothetical conclusion
in the main clause.
If you knew your blood pressure was high (but it wasn’t high at all as you just let it slip…and now I know that you knew it wasn’t high ), you would’ve called the doctor. ( but you didn’t, which means you lied to me earlier…if it was for real I ‘m sure you would’ve done that because you’re a health freak )
'Were' subjunctive is a highly fixed and institutionalized phrase. It's different.
edytowany przez savagerhino: 08 wrz 2011