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Rizwankhan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
When to use was/were
0 What I know about 'was' and 'were' is that 'was' is used for singular and 'were' for plural then what is the basis for the following phrase which grammatically is correct: 02 br
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00 If I 01 i 00 were 02 i 00 president.......... 02 br
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00 Why is were used and in what other sentences were should be used instead of was. 0-
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00 If I 01 i 00 were 02 i 00 president.......... 02 br
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00 Why is were used and in what other sentences were should be used instead of was. 0-
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0 Hi Rizwankhan, 02 br
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00 Have a search on the site for threads about using the subjunctive. 0-
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00 Have a search on the site for threads about using the subjunctive. 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
00 The forms of be 01 b 00 'was and were' 02 b 00 are normally past tense but in your example 01 b 00 'If I were president....' 02 b 00 you are talking about an unreal situation in the form of a conditional sentence. Other examples of that would be, 01 b 00 'If I 01 u 00 were/was 02 u 00 younger I would do more spo
00 The forms of be 01 b 00 'was and were' 02 b 00 are normally past tense but in your example 01 b 00 'If I were president....' 02 b 00 you are talking about an unreal situation in the form of a conditional sentence. Other examples of that would be, 01 b 00 'If I 01 u 00 were/was 02 u 00 younger I would do more spo
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