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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Was/Were
Our inventory of advanced technology includes the newest generation of oilfield tools that was/were custom designed by company team members
I am confused about whether the was/were refers to the "tools" or the "newest generation".
I am confused about whether the was/were refers to the "tools" or the "newest generation".
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Anonymous I am confused about whether the was/were refers to the "tools" or the "newest generation". I assume this is your own sentence, so it seems you're saying that you don't know what you mean by what you wrote! If you mean that the generation was custom designed, use was .
- Anonymous I am confused about whether the was/were refers to the "tools" or the "newest generation".
- I assume this is your own sentence, so it seems you're saying that you don't know what you mean by what you wrote!
- If you mean that the generation was custom designed, use was .
- If you mean that the tools were custom designed, use were .
- Only you know what you mean.
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AnonymousI am confused about whether the was/were refers to the "tools" or the "newest generation".I assume this is your own sentence, so it seems you're saying that you don't know what you mean by what you wrote!
If you mean that the generation was custom designed, use was.
If you mean that the tools were custom designed, use were.
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Thanks for the response. This was a sentence that a coworker had written. I said think it should be "were", he says it should be "was". I think "was" is grammatically correct, but nobody would say it that way in a normal sentence. Therefore, I think the sentence should be rephrased so that it is not so awkward.
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