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- 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
- 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"?
- The minutes of the Stockholders Meeting was or were?
3 " The minutes of the Stockholders Meeting were presented and discussed" is the correct sentence The subject 'minutes ' is plural, and it should take a plural verb (were) Minutes, also known as protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing
- If you were or if you are? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
If you were can also imply that you had planned to do it "If I were going to go home in an hour, would you come?" does not describe an unlikely or impossible scenario
- meaning in context - Use of were to in English grammar - English . . .
But I cannot rule out the possibility that Indian English—and specifically Indian Political English—has evolved this usage of were to precisely in order to express firmness and caution in the same utterance Perhaps our Indian readers could speak to this † This use is called subjunctive in traditional grammar
- Is this correct sentence Where have you been yesterday?
The correct phrasing is, "Where were you yesterday?" "Have been" is continuous, so it doesn't make sense to use it with "yesterday", which is one specific time
- Were you vs. Werent you when you turn a statement into a question
The usage of something like Were you vs Weren't you for an example: You were going to talk to Michael, (were you weren't you)? In the sentence above, which makes sense grammatically? And if b
- verbs - Werevs was in the sentence? - English Language Learners . . .
Neither he nor his friends were was present at the party? Which would come here?
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