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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
where vs. were
Im sorry, this is quite embarrassing but i seem to have endless trouble differentiating where from were. I understand that where relates to a place or time and were is the past tense of was/is but i still have real difficulty in my essays knowing which one to use in each situation. Is there some kind of website where (?) i can test myself in the hopes of improving this area?
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time.
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Hi, This is a very common mistake for people, even natives, writing in English. I did a quick Google search, and it seems there are several sites offering practice questions and general help with the issue. I suggest you try googling 'were where', 'were where problems', 'were where exercises' and so on.
- Hi, This is a very common mistake for people, even natives, writing in English.
- I did a quick Google search, and it seems there are several sites offering practice questions and general help with the issue.
- I suggest you try googling 'were where', 'were where problems', 'were where exercises' and so on.
- I'm sure you'll find what you are looking for.
- Good luck.
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Hi,
This is a very common mistake for people, even natives, writing in English. I did a quick Google search, and it seems there are several sites offering practice questions and general help with the issue.
I suggest you try googling 'were where', 'were where problems', 'were where exercises' and so on. I'm sure you'll find what you are looking for.
Good luck.
This is a very common mistake for people, even natives, writing in English. I did a quick Google search, and it seems there are several sites offering practice questions and general help with the issue.
I suggest you try googling 'were where', 'were where problems', 'were where exercises' and so on. I'm sure you'll find what you are looking for.
Good luck.
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Can you give us a few examples of your problems?
To me, "where" and "were" are comletely different animals and shouldn't be mixed together.
To me, "where" and "were" are comletely different animals and shouldn't be mixed together.
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In a nutshell:
where = question word regarding location; the vowel is pronounced as it let; even though it is spelled wh..., the initial sound is actually that of hw.
were = the past tense of the plural forms of to be. The vowel is pronounced as schwa (a relaxed the)
Where were you last night should have two dis
where = question word regarding location; the vowel is pronounced as it let; even though it is spelled wh..., the initial sound is actually that of hw.
were = the past tense of the plural forms of to be. The vowel is pronounced as schwa (a relaxed the)
Where were you last night should have two dis
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I am tutoring a high scbool student who is struggling with the same problem though she seems to complete the test challenges correctly. I suggested she do a "search" in Word for every instance of these two words each time she writes a paper to check her usage before she turns it in.
She also finds reading out loud to be helpful, especially if she is doing so when she is conscious of the
She also finds reading out loud to be helpful, especially if she is doing so when she is conscious of the
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I am a native English speaker, considered quite well educated, and this one trips me up all of the time. I have taken all sorts of tests, and read grammar books and I understand the theory completely. But it clearly hasn't been absorbed into my 'high self' thinking as when I'm out of study/test mode, I scratch my head every time I have to select which 'were'. The example in this string of "ques
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Where were you last night should have two distinct pronunciations.
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