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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

was/were

Hi,

Is this acceptable...

"Was/Were it Bob and Mark who are/is going?"

Thanks
  

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Was it Bob and Mark who are going?

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Was it Bob and Mark who are going?
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Feebs, Why is there tense switching?
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Hi N2G

The use of 'are' would indicate that the plan (that two people are to go somewhere) is still current, and that the two people have not gone yet.
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Was it Bob and Mark who are going?

Is it Bob and Mark who are going?

Sorry, Yankee. I still don't quite understand. Could you explain the difference between the two?
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Your two sentences are essentially the same in meaning, except "Was" suggests that there has been previous discussion.
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