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Sunu Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

was/were

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00The young couple 01font00was/were02font00 popular; they threw many soirees.02br
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0I think " were " is used in that sentence in United Kingdom and " was" in USA. 0-

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  • 0I think " were " is used in that sentence in United Kingdom and " was" in USA.
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0I think " were " is used in that sentence in United Kingdom and " was" in USA. 0-
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0Actually I'd always use 01i00was02i00.02br
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00Couple is a word that continues to be a problem in headlines and stories. When it is used in the sense of two people, the word takes plural verbs and pronouns. For example: The couple were married in Silesia and immediately left for their honeymoon i
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0Very true! I wish we could set some kind of rules to this kind of questions. It is rather confusing at time.02br
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00Ex: 00A couple of salesmen 00were00 looking for you00.00 00If one is to consider the article “a”, “couple” should take on a singular form. But the noun, salesmen, actually was the one dictating which form to use. 02br
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