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Allthewayanime Posted 15 years ago
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It weren't or it wasn't
In this kind of sentence why is 'wasn't' used?Could someone explain this subject-verb agreement,please?
e.g It wasn't that many people. (shouldn't it be weren't ,cause people is a plural noun?)
e.g It wasn't that many people. (shouldn't it be weren't ,cause people is a plural noun?)
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Could someone explain this subject-verb agreement,please? g It wasn't that many people. ) No, use singular.
- Could someone explain this subject-verb agreement,please?
- g It wasn't that many people.
- ) No, use singular.
- When you talk about 'that many people', it is like talking about a quantity.
- eg We say It wasn't 80, not It weren't 80.
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Hi,
In this kind of sentence why is 'wasn't' used?Could someone explain this subject-verb agreement,please?
e.g It wasn't that many people. (shouldn't it be weren't ,cause people is a plural noun?)
No, use singular.
When you talk about 'that many people', it
In this kind of sentence why is 'wasn't' used?Could someone explain this subject-verb agreement,please?
e.g It wasn't that many people. (shouldn't it be weren't ,cause people is a plural noun?)
No, use singular.
When you talk about 'that many people', it
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allthewayanimesubject-verb agreementIt (=subject) wasn't (=verb) that many people.
'it' is singular; 'wasn't' is singular.
Don't confuse 'it' with 'there'. In the there-construction the agreement is with the noun that follows.
There weren't that
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