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- Wasnt vs werent - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which one would be correct? I wish it weren't raining today I wish it wasn't raining today I wish it were raining today I wish it was raining today
- Wasnt vs. Werent - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Wasn't and weren't? When to use "If I was" vs "If I were"? British vs USA grammar: Wasn't or Weren't usage The general gist I'm getting from your question and is that were not is the preferred option as its the most grammatical in Standard English (SE), but not 'was not'
- I havent been vs I wasnt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Why it is true to say "I haven't been here before, but It looks great " I don't understand it because I was there and "I haven't been here before" doesn't have any connections to present now does it?
- What is the correct usage of contractions like isnt and wasnt . . .
Which would be equivalent to: Why was not she there? Which doesn't make any sense Considering how often I see this used I thought I could find something online about it, however I haven't had any luck Is it grammatically correct to use "isn't" and "wasn't" in sentences like the one above, and the one below? If so, why? Why isn't Dad home yet?
- Wasnt and werent? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Both the sentences are accepted In the second sentence, I weren't American is using the subjunctive mood, which is correct, in that case (I read the sentence as I would do it, if I weren't American ) The subjunctive mood is nowadays less common As reported by the NOAD: The subjunctive is used to express situations that are hypothetical or not yet realized and is typically used for what is
- Whats the difference between wasnt and hadnt?
A's use of "wasn't" probably falls under the Simple Past designation "The baby wasn't sleeping all night" — you might come across this sentence in a book when the narrator talks about a year when insomnia was a bodily habit of the baby But it's not specific about the time in which this took place
- Use of wasnt vs was not in a formal sentence
That use of "wasn't" sounds fine to me What sounds a bit questionable is the idea that one could tell whether a person is blind just by looking at them Also, "bespectacled" doesn't prompt one to think of sunglasses, so the subsequent mention of opacity immediately forces the reader to revise the mental picture that was forming Not sure I'd talk about "opacity" of glasses either, given
- Whether was vs. Whether wasnt - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The correct answer is served Semantically, "was" or "wasn't" does not matter: as whether always implies the possible alternative although it is often unstated "I don't know whether he paid [or [did] not [pay]]" The nuance of your example's negative is the writer being somewhat "arch" (MW - 2 a : mischievous, saucy b : marked by a deliberate and often forced playfulness, irony, or impudence
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