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Matthew.90 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Was or were
this is real part of song= All I wanted was you it's instead of was it "were" must use or in my opinion =All i wanted were you
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You need to say "All I wanted was you".
- You need to say "All I wanted was you".
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I think it's because the verb agrees with "all I wanted", and for some reason that needs a singular verb. However, sometimes you might find that someone also uses a plural verb if a plural noun follows: All I needed was/were two speakers.
I don't have any technical explanations to give you though.
I don't have any technical explanations to give you though.
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