How come the よう in ~ようものなら can modify a noun?


I have the sentence in my book: 昔は、若い女性が男性と二人で出かけようものなら、町中のうわさになったものだ。

I was wondering if this means that it is possible to modify nouns with the
volitional form. I have so far heard that it isn't, which makes this grammar
point confusing. Could someone give me an explanation as to how to understand
~ようものなら in the above sentence? Is it like, "If women WISHED to go out with
men..."? Or does the volitional have some other interpretation here?




Again, ものなら is one word. It is a conjunctive particle that has the same
meaning as ～～としたら = "if one were to try ~~ing".

"In the old days, if a young woman were to try going out with a man just the
two of them, it would be the talk of the town."

SVP DO NOT take my English TL too literally; English is my worst language.




Again, ものなら is one word. It is a conjunctive particle that has the same
meaning as ～～としたら = "if one were to try ~~ing".

"In the old days, if a young woman were to try going out with a man just the
two of them, it would be the talk of the town."

SVP DO NOT take my English TL too literally; English is my worst language.

