He/ she , was or were

Until you have a better command of the language, stick to 'he was' and 'she was'.

There's a thing called the subjunctive, but I don't think you're quite ready for that yet.

Rover

well thank you for that Rover, i wish i were, i so wish i were , if only i were ready for that intellectual leap.

Im unschooled, and severly dyslexic/dyspraxic but as i am doing a Dphil at Oxford i am quite good at grasping complex ideas.

please, i would ask that for those of us who enquire afer the obvious, do no assume an intellectual impairment.

I was, he was, she was, it was....seems fine, but what is the context?

Send me a message if you would prefer to discuss context off boards.

unschooled daveclarify if i can use the verb 'was' when speaking in the third person h/she or is it better to use were?

You can, and you should use was. He was. She was. It was. And so on. This covers 99.9% of the cases.

There are only a few exceptions. For example, use were for all persons in an if-clause when the ma

thank you Josh for last reply.

thank you Jim for your help