He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

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为什么he were （a prince），he后边要用过去时还是复数？。he is，he was为什么不对？

你好，对于你的疑问，我想从语意和语法两方面分析，希望帮助你更好理解。
原句可翻译为：“纵然主人是乞丐，它也像守护王子一样守护着他。”
从结构上，这是以as if引导的虚拟语句。根据题意，从句表示的意思与现在事实相反，因此谓语动词用过去式，并且动词'be'的过去时态一律用"were"，不用was，与人称单复数无关。

这里是虚拟语气所有的be 动词都用were 因为这里他不可能是王子所以用虚拟语气。

这里省略了should

he should be a prince

虚拟的过去时表虚拟

这是虚拟语气
必须要用were 不仅是he were ，she were，I were...
语法规则是也！

虚拟语气用法参见http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/79592649.html

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