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Seeker08 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Was
Hi,
"What's the cause of this?"
"Was it the water baloons?" Is this correct? why?Thanks.
"What's the cause of this?"
"Was it the water baloons?" Is this correct? why?Thanks.
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Yes, it is correct. " "It" = the cause. In other words: Was the cause the water balloons?
- Yes, it is correct.
- " "It" = the cause.
- In other words: Was the cause the water balloons?
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Yes, it is correct. "Was" matches "it." "It" = the cause. In other words: Was the cause the water balloons?
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Was should be is. In the first sentence, is (what's) indicates that this is happening now. In the second sentence, was indicates that it had happened in the past. They must agree, or we can't truly know whether this happened, will happen, or if it is happening now.
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