▼f it were nt for O ((正式))もし…がなければ, もし〈人〉がいなければ《[語法](1)現在の事実と反対の仮定を表す. (2)((略式))では were の代りに was も可能. また, if not for O と it were [was] が省略されることもある. (3)((文))では if を用いずに倒置して Were it not for ... といえるが, ^×Was it not for .../^×Weren't it for ... は不可》‖If it wren't for her hlp, I would not be able to succeed. 彼女の援助がなければ私の成功はないだろう(＝But for [Without] her help, ...).