Is there any rules for i was/were? If you're mentioning a possibility or a probability, a chance that something could be, use was . What is the difference between were and have been, and are these sentences gramatically correct
Why alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira had top secret access aged 21
1) some of the best known writers of detective fiction in the twentieth century were women.
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? 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. I'm in trouble with the following sentence How was/were the meals you had while you were gone
I think how were is correct, but why is how was wrong
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.
