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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Was or were ?
hello, I have one question concerning WAS and WERE words.
I listened to 'Bangles - Manic Monday' and she sings in the refrain:
...I wish it was/were Sunday...
I found lyrics with WAS and also with WERE word. According to my listening I think there is WERE, because she sings it long and 'S' letter at the end of the word belongs to Sunday.
Listen to it here:
Do you think there is WAS or WERE?
Thank you very much!
David
I listened to 'Bangles - Manic Monday' and she sings in the refrain:
...I wish it was/were Sunday...
I found lyrics with WAS and also with WERE word. According to my listening I think there is WERE, because she sings it long and 'S' letter at the end of the word belongs to Sunday.
Listen to it here:
Do you think there is WAS or WERE?
Thank you very much!
David
Top answer
Hi, In the structure I wish + that clause , was and were are interchangeable. I wish that it was/were Sunday. Best wishes, - DJB -
- Hi, In the structure I wish + that clause , was and were are interchangeable.
- I wish that it was/were Sunday.
- Best wishes, - DJB -
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Hi,
In the structure I wish + that clause, was and were are interchangeable.
- DJB -
In the structure I wish + that clause, was and were are interchangeable.
- I wish that it was/were Sunday.
- DJB -
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There are 2 places where she sings this line. It's hard to tell, but I hear the a (uh) sound in "was" rather than the er sound in were. Perhaps they sung both versions at different times.
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Since she sings "rhotically" (she pronounces the R's in the rest of the song), and there's no R in that word, I'd say that word is "was".
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