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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?
- conditional constructions - Meaning using was to and were to in . . .
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
- 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
- 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"?
- 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 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
- 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
- Should I use was or were in as though he was frightened?
Technically, you should use 'were' You are correct that the sentence is subjunctive because of the indefiniteness introduced by 'as though' The subjunctive takes the plural form of the past tense of 'to be' as its auxiliary verb, even in the singular Having said that, many expert native English speakers will use 'was', both formally and informally If writing in a formal context, it might
- How were or How was? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
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? Please explain
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