From acb6275bac831e4b742a10de7e5d98c977a5b115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lprv <100177227+lprv@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:49:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [basic] Use past subjunctive after "as if"

---
 source/basic.tex | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
index a813f68d9c..134a5073fd 100644
--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 \item If \tcode{D} is a class with an implicitly-declared
 constructor\iref{class.default.ctor,class.copy.ctor},
-it is as if the constructor was
+it is as if the constructor were
 implicitly defined in every translation unit where it is odr-used, and the
 implicit definition in every translation unit shall call the same
 constructor for a subobject of \tcode{D}.
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@
 
 \item If \tcode{D} is a class with
 a defaulted three-way comparison operator function\iref{class.spaceship},
-it is as if the operator was
+it is as if the operator were
 implicitly defined in every translation unit where it is odr-used, and the
 implicit definition in every translation unit shall call the same
 comparison operators for each subobject of \tcode{D}.
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
 default template arguments of either \tcode{D} or
 an entity not defined within \tcode{D}).
 For each such entity and for \tcode{D} itself,
-the behavior is as if there is a single entity with a single definition,
+the behavior is as if there were a single entity with a single definition,
 including in the application of these requirements to other entities.
 \begin{note}
 The entity is still declared in multiple translation units, and \ref{basic.link}
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@
 
 If the definition of \tcode{f} appears in multiple translation units,
 the behavior of the program is as if
-there is only one definition of \tcode{f}.
+there were only one definition of \tcode{f}.
 If the definition of \tcode{g} appears in multiple translation units,
 the program is ill-formed (no diagnostic required) because
 each such definition uses a default argument that
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@
 When a class scope is searched,
 the scopes of its base classes are also searched\iref{class.member.lookup}.
 If it inherits from a single base,
-it is as if the scope of the base immediately contains
+it is as if the scope of the base immediately contained
 the scope of the derived class.
 Template parameter scopes
 that are associated with one scope in the chain of parents
@@ -7581,7 +7581,7 @@
 of the second is sequenced before the initiation of the destruction of the first.
 If an object is
 initialized statically, the object is destroyed in the same order as if
-the object was dynamically initialized.
+the object were dynamically initialized.
 If the destruction of an object with static or thread storage duration
 exits via an exception,
 the function \tcode{std::terminate} is called\iref{except.terminate}.
@@ -7980,7 +7980,7 @@
 invoked from the evaluation of a function contract assertion\iref{dcl.contract.func}
 exits via an exception,
 the behavior is as if
-the function body exits via that same exception.
+the function body exited via that same exception.
 \begin{note}
 A \grammarterm{function-try-block}\iref{except.pre}
 is the function body when present