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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?
- 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
- 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
- Should I use “was” or “were”? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Purdue OWL has this example which is almost identical to OP's case: One of the boxes is open The verb agrees with the subject, "One" If you wanted to talk about "two", you would use a plural verb: Two of the successful managers were asked One of the successful managers was asked
- 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
- singular vs plural - When do I use was and when do I use were . . .
Do I use was or were in this sentence? Bonnie, along with her associates, was invited to the gathering
- Should I use was or were in as though he was frightened?
Technically, you should use 'were' You are correct that the sentence is subjunctive because of the indefiniteness introduced by 'as though' The subjunctive takes the plural form of the past tense of 'to be' as its auxiliary verb, even in the singular Having said that, many expert native English speakers will use 'was', both formally and informally If writing in a formal context, it might
- Is were used with ever to express the impossibility of all the . . .
The phrase were ever in conditional clauses headed by if is typically used with conditions being presented as unlikely but not impossible The shift from simple "need" or "ever need" to " were ever to need" expresses the remoteness of the possibility
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