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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
- is it was or were - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
is it "was" or "were" Ask Question Asked 4 years, 1 month ago Modified 4 years, 1 month ago
- 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
- 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"?
- punctuation - Comma before if and usage of were - English Language . . .
The comma before the "if" is syntactically not necessary, but it helps break out a long sentence in a logical place "were no credit to be given" is equivalent to "if there was no credit to be given" but in the subjunctive mood, so "was" is changed to "were" Subjunctive is used to describe a counter-factual hypothesis - in this case, there was credit to be given The omission of the second
- 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
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