Keep in mind , events start at 1 pm New York time adjust for your time zone accordingly . That ' s not saying that they ' re having the Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales that they have ever year , but , if they WERE to have them , that is the time they ' d start . <| sep |> Your first sentence feels unnatural because it ' s semantically illogical . To be able to speak your sentence , I would first have to be in your position . But why would I be in your position ? It ' s your position . Something like this would be more logical I weren ' t in the same position as you , I would probably disagree . As for your question about interrogatives You are right that subjectauxiliary inversion can happen only in the main clause . Subjunctive clauses are always subordinate  that the motion not be passed , as are clauses containing irrealis were If I were you . . . . There are a few types of mainclause subjunctives , but they cannot be turned into interrogatives , e . g . God save the queen ! Does God save the queen ! The second version is grammatical , of course , but the optative sense is lost .