Would you proofread, please?

hirashin said:

Hello, native English speakers.

Would someone proofread the sentences I've made for my high school students?

(a) If I lived in a big city, I would go out more often.

(b) If I were you, I would not do such a thing.

(c) If I were a film director, I would shoot a film here.

(d) If I had been there at that time, I would have helped you.

(e) If you hadn't helped me, I would have lost the game.

(f) If the company hadn't hired[/employed] him at that time,
it would have gone bankrupt.

(g) If I were a little younger, I could get to the top of that mountain.

Thanks in advance.

Hirashin

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Mike Cash said:

These days there seems to be no Americans left who can correctly form the subjunctive mood. Everybody uses "would've":

"If I would've" instead of "If I had".

It drives me nuts. It's like somebody vigorously rubbing cheese graters up and down on my ears.

And while I'm ranting....when did Americans start misusing "obviously" to mean "naturally" or "as you would expect"? Don't even get me started on "try and <verb>" instead of "try to <verb>".

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