He stood up as if (he were) to say something

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He stood up as if (he were) to say something
这是虚拟语气
为什么he were 要省略?
为什么要用were to 形式,而不是might be

be to do 打算做什么
省略he were,是因为as if后面成分的逻辑主语也是主句的主语he
例如She looked anxiously at her parents as if entreating forgiveness.
她忧虑地看著她的双亲,好像在请求宽恕.