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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is the sentence ‘You were there?’ correct?

Or the correct form is ‘Were you there?’
With ‘are’ you put it first like in ‘Are you crazy?’, but I don't know.
  

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htm This form is quite common (and correct) in casual conversation. I hear the present tense used as well. Wait a minute!

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  • htm This form is quite common (and correct) in casual conversation.
  • I hear the present tense used as well.
  • Wait a minute!
  • You're sick?!
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This form is quite common (and correct) in casual conversation.

I hear the present tense used as well.
Wait a minute! You're sick?! It has the sense of, "Am I correct in assuming that you are sick?"
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The normal order for questions is just as you think.

Are you there?
Were you there?
Are you crazy?
Were you crazy?

But you can ask a question in the form usually used for statements:

You are there?
You were there?
You are crazy?
You were crazy?

Those in the first group are sincere questions, requests for information.
Those in the seco
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