wasn't or weren't? help please!

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wasn't or weren't? help please!

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Hello,
Can you please tell me which is correct in this sentence?

If it wasn't for the darkness you would never see the stars

or

if it weren't for the darkness you would never see the stars

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Re: wasn't or weren't? help please!

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Both possible, though some careful users prefer "weren't".
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