Inverted Conditional for Passive sentences
I was wondering what would the inverted version of a passive conditional sentence like the following ones be.
If he were told to do so, he would tell me.
If my car were stolen, I wouldn't report it.
Are the sentences bellow correct?
Were he to be told to do so, he would tell me.
Were my car to be stolen, I wouldn't report it.
Solution 1:
No. All you need to do is drop if and invert, not add to be:
If he were told to do so, he would tell me.
Were he told to do so, he would tell me.
If my car were stolen, I wouldn't report it.
Were my car stolen, I wouldn't report it.
See: Wikipedia: English subjunctive—Inversion