I understand what it means, I just wonder would you
understand If someone would say: "I wouldn't do that, If I am you (Present)."
NOT A TEACHER
(1) I found this in Google books:
"You are not the first to be saying this, my friend. But
if I am you, I
am not saying it
so loudly. Dragonstone crawls with these queen's men, oh yes, and they have sharp
ears and sharper knives."
Source:
A Storm of Swords, George R. Martin (2003).
(2) Probably 99% of native speakers today would say: "But if I
were/was you, I
would not be saying it so loudly."
(3) How do we account for the "If I am you" in Mr. Martin's fantasy novel?
(a) It may mean something like:
Let's say that I am you for the sake of discussion. Well, I am certainly not
going to say it so loudly.
This is not my idea. It comes from a teacher named "Albeit" who posted
a somewhat similar explanation on
usingenglish. com on September 25, 2009.