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Please answer that:

is it correct to say "I were" instead of "I was"?
  

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Depends on context you use. For instance: If I were you, I would not buy the shirt. But the past tense of "am" is "was".

  • Depends on context you use.
  • For instance: If I were you, I would not buy the shirt.
  • But the past tense of "am" is "was".
  • I was born in 1977.
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Depends on context you use.

For instance:
If I were you, I would not buy the shirt.

But the past tense of "am" is "was".
I was born in 1977.
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