Thread: If I was to take a trip to Russia

Originally Posted by Chuvak

If I were to be you, I would have written "потерял"

And I would have written simply: "If I were you, blah blah blah." "To be" is really redundant, since you've already said "were" which is a form of "to be" to begin with. So you're saying если я бы был будет... or something similiarly bizarre.