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- I was or I were? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
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- past vs present perfect - difference between Have been and was . . .
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- “is made” vs. “was made” vs. “has been made [closed]
The second one out of all sounds most natural I would say "My car was made by Benz " Your first one, "I have a car that is made by Benz" doesn't make much sense
- I used to and I was used to - What is the difference?
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- Why was not were in Nearly £20 was taken from my bank account
Google Ngrams suggests "dollars were" v "dollars was" is difficult for native speakers, too However, many of the "dollars was" instances are from sentences like "A premium of ten dollars was awarded ," in which the verb agrees with another word than "dollars "
- Meaning using was to and were to in sentence
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- stood vs standing - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
To put it simply, 'stood' is the past participle of the verb 'stand', and in formal English we would use it when someone stood you somewhere - 'the girl stood the doll by the toy basket' If you were stood on the station, in standard formal English that means someone told you to stand on the station (presumably until you were moved)
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