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- I was or I were? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
From other's conversation,I found out they mentioned I was and sometimes they also mentioned I were Is there any rules for I was were?
- Meaning Diffrence Would be and were - English Language Learners . . .
Were -ing (past continuous of BE) is used to situations which were happening at a special time in the past and none hypothetical, it is more direct, not imaginative
- What is the difference between were and have been?
What is the difference between "were" and "have been", and are these sentences gramatically correct? 1) some of the best known writers of detective fiction in the twentieth century were women
- grammar - as if it is vs. as if it were vs. as if it was - English . . .
I learned from many sources that as if it were is accepted by all native English speakers And as if it was is widely used, especially informally But is the simple present indicative accepted as
- Meaning using was to and were to in sentence
That is, both "were to" (using the irrealis "were") and "was to" (using a past-tense verb) would usually be interchangeable in a sentence structured similar to yours, but that would be if the sentence was in non-fiction text
- meaning - Can Where are you at? or Where are you? mean the same . . .
A : Where were you at where were you (what were you doing) when I called you on the phone? B : I was just having dinner with my wife A : So, that was the reason you didn't pick up my phone call Like in this context, can I use "where were you at" or "where were you" to mean the same thing "what were you doing" ?
- tense - If something was vs If something were - English Language . . .
"If + were" expresses the subjunctive mood, which refers to wishes and desires and is known as a "non-factual" mood If you're mentioning a possibility or a probability, a chance that something could be, use " was "
- Who was or Who were? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Which of the following is correct ? Who were these buildings designed by? Or Who was these buildings designed by? Does were was refer to "these buildings" or "who"?
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