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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 . . .
There is no difference between where are were you and where're you at except that some people object to the superfluous (grammatically) "at " When someone asks "where are you," we frequently give answers like, "I'm doing my laundry " We do this because it's often the case that telling what we're doing, also tells where we are (if I'm doing laundry, I'm probably at home, or at the laundromat
- 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 say 'was' If writing in a formal context, it might be advantageous to use the
- 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 "
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