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Pritesh prit Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

was/were

He felt as though his masculinity was/were being denied.
  

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Both are acceptable.

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Both are acceptable.
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Is it because masculinity is uncountable noun? Thanks for the reply by the way.
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pritesh pritThanks for the reply by the way.
That has nothing to do with the form of the verb.
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pritesh prit He felt as though his masculinity was/were being denied.
He felt that his masculinity was being denied.
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The 'as though' suggests that his masculinity may not have been being denied. Subjunctive 'were' is therefore possible.
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