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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Was vs. Were
I was writing something for work, and used the following sentence:
"Was viewing the visuals important to your overall satisfaction with the presentation?"
My boss corrected it, insisting that it should read:
"Were viewing the visuals important to your overall satisfaction with the presentation?"
I thought this incorrect, and the grammatical equivalent of asking:
"Were watching the cars fun yesterday?"
Between the first two sentences, which one would be grammatically correct?
"Was viewing the visuals important to your overall satisfaction with the presentation?"
My boss corrected it, insisting that it should read:
"Were viewing the visuals important to your overall satisfaction with the presentation?"
I thought this incorrect, and the grammatical equivalent of asking:
"Were watching the cars fun yesterday?"
Between the first two sentences, which one would be grammatically correct?
Top answer
" is correct. It might be clearer if you think of the sentence as expressing this idea: Was ["the act of" or "the process of"] viewing the visuals...
- " is correct.
- It might be clearer if you think of the sentence as expressing this idea: Was ["the act of" or "the process of"] viewing the visuals...
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"was viewing..." is correct.
It might be clearer if you think of the sentence as expressing this idea:
Was ["the act of" or "the process of"] viewing the visuals...
It might be clearer if you think of the sentence as expressing this idea:
Was ["the act of" or "the process of"] viewing the visuals...
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