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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

was

was i? or were i?
  

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Anonymous was I ? or were I ? It depends, as usual, on how you use it.

  • Anonymous was I ?
  • or were I ?
  • It depends, as usual, on how you use it.
  • Here's a sentence that uses both of them.
  • Was I crazy to tell you that were I to fail this exam I would kill myself?
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Anonymous was I? or were I?
It depends, as usual, on how you use it. Here's a sentence that uses both of them.

Was I crazy to tell you that were I to fail this exam I would kill myself?

CJ
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To me, "were" is used only in conditional forms. For the rest, you should use "was".

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