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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
- 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
- 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"?
- Which of the two is correct? Which to use: was or were?
(A) He talks about his wife as if she WERE an angel descended from heaven (B) He talks about his wife as if she WAS an angel descended from heaven
- grammar - I wish I was vs. I wish I were - English Language . . .
Yes, but despite what you may have read, "I wish I were rich" is not a subjunctive clause The subjunctive is a clause type that uses the plain form of the verb, as in "It is vital that I be kept informed" The "were" in your example is best called 'irrealis', a special mood form instanced solely by "were" with 1st or 3rd person singular subjects Many speakers prefer to use the preterite "was
- What does were to be mean? Is that some kind of a tense?
Consider the following sentence, from " Introduction to Control Systems " by Malgorzata Zywno: Note that if a summer were to be moved behind the block, the additional gain would be equal the value of the block gain, instead of its inverse [bold mine] What does "were to be" mean there? As far as I know, this is a second-type conditional sentence, and there should be " was " there (not " were
- 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
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