Complete it how you want, but who hasn't heard (and possibly even used) some form of that expression? "If I were you, I would've done what you did differently. I wouldn't have made that mistake you made if I were you."

WRONG.

So totally wrong, it makes 10*10=5 look correct.

Think about it. You're using how you think to assume the other person thinks the same way you do now or would think like you if you were that person. Ipso facto, if you were the other person, you would do exactly what the person did, does, or will ever do. If you were the other person, you would be that other person, not who you are.

I used to use the phrase, but the actual phrase should be "if I were in your place," but that's not totally accurate either unless you've experienced what someone else has. Of course, each person is different, so they respond to the exact same situation differently anyway.

If you were me, you'd be writing this blog entry today and planning to see Spider-man 3 tomorrow with other people who aren't strangers. (You'd also some college stuff to do. Yay.)

Perhaps we did change places and wished to be the other and our wish came true... but how would we know?

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