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Gingie Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

was/were??

‘Do you know who attacked you? Was it the dealers?’



Q: Why the author used ‘was’ instead of ‘were’?



i am confused.. please help me..
  

Top answer

Because if you read it again, you'll notice that the author wrote "it" after "was". ". Hope this helps.

— YoHf

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Because if you read it again, you'll notice that the author wrote "it" after "was". Another widely used form is: "Was that...".

Hope this helps.

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thanks YoHf.. (^_^)
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"It" is the subject of "was".
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You're welcome, Gingie.

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ok. but once upon a time when i was listening a statment of a minister in bbc. i heard "you was" and i thought she made a mistake and i encountered the same thing in a book. " you was " Is it the usage of you if you are indicating just one person ?
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0Hello Jan02br
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00When "you" is singular, it's still "were".02br
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00But you find "you was" in some types of English (e.g. East London). You might also find it in some novels of the 18th and early 19th century (it turns up in Jane Austen's novels, for instance).02br
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00MrP0-
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0thnx mr pedantic02br
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00and it really is as you said. the book i mentioned where i saw "you was" is an old novel.(but i am sure about the statement in bbc)02br
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00now its clear thnx0-
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0Well, if it was a British minister, some of them do have distinctive accents and dialects. 02br
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00I expect it was the minister for Education.02br
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