If you were similarly to tell me that If I was a rich man were the colloquial usage in spoken English rather than if I were a rich man despite grammar etc I would be similarly flummoxed as to how to respond I imagine by the way if we were having this conversation in French and you were to insist that Le France were the common usage not La France that would better lend itself to a computer based check of your assertion and what basis there may be for it other than POV