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Blaster Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

was or were

Wich sentence is correct?
-If I wasn't busy , I'd come and pick you up.
-If I weren't busy, I'd come and pick you up.
and this is a screenshoot for an examen who I had on a website
http://prntscr.com/5j02yh
that's correct ?
  

Top answer

If I weren't busy ... is formally correct, but many people these days, especially speakers of BrE use If I wasn't ... Few would think of it as incorrect.

— Fivejedjon

  • If I weren't busy ...
  • is formally correct, but many people these days, especially speakers of BrE use If I wasn't ...
  • Few would think of it as incorrect.
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If I weren't busy ... is formally correct, but many people these days, especially speakers of BrE use If I wasn't... . Few would think of it as incorrect.
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-If I weren't busy, I'd come and pick you up. (The better of the two. The other version is OK.)
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blasterand this is a screenshoot for an examen who I had on a websitehttp://prntscr.com/5j02yh that's correct ?
The screenshot's two options are both correct. Note that they are not the same as the sentences in your post.
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Mister Micawber yes you're right I have added by mistake the first sentence appears on screenshot.
Thank you all !
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