if there were 30 hours a day vs if a day would have 30 hours

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. 'If there were 30 hours a day' implies a hypothetical situation where the day has been extended to 30 hours. 'If a day would have 30 hours' suggests a conditional statement about the possibility of a day lasting 30 hours.

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if there were 30 hours a day

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express a hypothetical situation.

This phrase is used to talk about a hypothetical scenario where a day has more hours than the usual 24.

Examples:

If there were 30 hours a day, I would have more time to get things done.
What would you do if there were 30 hours a day?

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He works, like, 30 hours a day in a really busy restaurant.
There were 30 kids in that class.
In 1987, there were 30 airline accidents.
There were 30 of us when we banded.
In 1987, there were 30 accidents with 211 fatalities.
On saints day, when our father was alive, sometimes there were 30 to 40 peope in this room alone.
As a journalist, it struck me, in particular, that there were 30 journalists among those killed.
According to information received by Christian Solidarity Worldwide there were 30 reported incidents of violence against Christians in Sri Lanka in the first five months of this year.
The head and chest were struck with a ceramic lamp and a metal toaster, and there were 30 stab wounds.
Whereas there were 30 projects previously considered to constitute a priority, a distinction is now being made between the 'core network' and the feeder links making up the comprehensive network.
Now trust me, when you're growing a mustache back in 2003, and there were 30 of us back then, and this was before the ironic hipster mustache movement - it created a lot of controversy.
Once every 2 months should be enough for 4 or 5 hours, that's 30 hours a year.
They worked fifteen hours a day.
23 hours a day under constant surveillance.
She worked over twenty hours a day.
Maria reads to me several hours a day.
Let Leslie practice viola 6 hours a day.
Looking after him 24 hours a day.
We work 12 hours a day.
Animation companies are usually open 24 hours a day...

Alternatives:

if there were more hours in a day
if a day lasted 30 hours

if a day would have 30 hours

This phrase is correct and can be used in conditional statements to discuss the possibility of a day lasting 30 hours.

This phrase is suitable for conditional statements where you are discussing the hypothetical scenario of a day having 30 hours.

Examples:

If a day would have 30 hours, we could accomplish so much more.
What if a day would have 30 hours instead of 24?

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Now I have 30 hours to live.
You still have 30 hours to reply to the European Parliament's request for a timetable.
If we weren't so efficient at catching them, because they grow their entire life, would have 30-year-old bluefin out there that weigh a ton.
He works, like, 30 hours a day in a really busy restaurant.
The potential is clear: if the European Union, today, in its Member States, were to attain the best practice already achieved by its existing states and by its competitors we would have 30 million more jobs, twice as many as are currently unemployed.
For him to finish it in a day would be impossible.
Five round trips a day would have been hard.
Once a day would be a conservative guesstimate.
Letting you run this place for a day would be a great educational experience.
A day would do it with dresses so he took a girl.
Almost 10 years ago now, I promised you such a day would come.
I never thought a day would come when I'd actually be moved by Tae I Ryeong's acting.
To be frank, I have never thought that... a day would come when I will defeat him.
And I've feared for years that a day would come when I wouldn't be able to.
If a prisoner does break the rules, you will have 30 minutes to choose proper disciplinary action.
Unbeknownst to the pie maker, chuck secretly baked homeopathic mood enhancers into pies for Her aunts, hoping that a slice a day would herbally lift their spirits.
And I've feared for years that a day would come when I wouldn't be able to.
I just worked 30 hours straight.
The French writer Victor Hugo said in 1849 that a day would come when 'all you nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and glorious individuality, will merge into a higher unity and found the European brotherhood'.
So how many hours a day would you say that you spend together as a family?

Alternatives:

if a day were to have 30 hours
if a day could have 30 hours

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if there were 30 hours a day vs if a day would have 30 hours