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if I had my way
if I could decide
You use this phrase to say what you would choose if you had complete control over a situation.
Hear it in real life
Should we move to the city centre?
If I had my way, we'd live somewhere quieter.
If I had my way, every meeting would finish before lunch.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: If I had my ways, we'd live somewhere quieter.
Say: If I had my way, we'd live somewhere quieter.
This fixed phrase uses the singular noun "way," not the plural "ways."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
If I had my way, I'd work four days a week
Your turn: say it out loud
If I had my way, every meeting would finish before lunch.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
if I had my way
if I could decide
“If I had my way, every meeting would finish before lunch.”
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