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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Was not

'If it WAS NOT for a rambling last act, the cheesy dramedy-style chamber music and none too many laughing-to-kill-the-pain reconciliations, we would be dealing with a minor classic"

What puzzles me here is the use of was; should it not be were? Is the key 'it', as in you can't say 'it were not' etc?

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'Were' is the expected and formally correct verb, but 'was' is becoming more common, and is accepted in casual English now.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Were' is the expected and formally correct verb, but 'was' is becoming more common, and is accepted in casual English now.
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'Were' is the expected and formally correct verb, but 'was' is becoming more common, and is accepted in casual English now.
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