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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Word check please

Hey all. Is the highlighted word correct, or should it be 'was'?

Thanks,

Mike



I was continually dismayed at the plight that a significant proportion of callers WERE in
  

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Your sentence structure is off, Mike. -- I was continually dismayed at the plight of a significant proportion of callers , who WERE in

— Mister Micawber

  • Your sentence structure is off, Mike.
  • -- I was continually dismayed at the plight of a significant proportion of callers , who WERE in
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Your sentence structure is off, Mike. Perhaps you mean this?--

I was continually dismayed at the plight of a significant proportion of callers, who WERE in
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Thanks for your help.

Yeah, I see you what you mean.

In a rather muddled way, I was saying that some callers were in a plight!
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