Sentence grammar check

**babylet** · 26-Jul-2007, 07:48

Is this sentence correct?
If you are an animal, what would you be?

**~~svartnik~~** · 26-Jul-2007, 08:15

Originally Posted by babylet

Is this sentence correct?
If you are an animal, what would you be?

A is interested to know and therefore asks all animals what they would like to be.

B says: I am an animal.
A: No, you are not.
B: But I am.
A: (OK,) If you are an animal, what would you be?

**Anglika** · 26-Jul-2007, 10:41

But more usually the question will be phrased "If you were [to be] an animal, what would you be?".

It is a 2nd conditional form: https://www.usingenglish.com/glossar...nditional.html