2016年5月13日 · From other's conversation,I found out they mentioned I was and sometimes they also mentioned I were. Is there any rules for I was/were?

What is the difference between "were" and "have been", and are these sentences gramatically correct? 1) some of the best known writers of detective fiction in the twentieth century were …

Were -ing (past continuous of BE) is used to situations which were happening at a special time in the past and none hypothetical, it is more direct, not imaginative.

2014年11月5日 · That is, both "were to" (using the irrealis "were") and "was to" (using a past-tense verb) would usually be interchangeable in a sentence structured similar to yours, but …

2018年5月18日 · I'm in trouble with the following sentence: How was/were the meals you had while you were gone? I think "How were" is correct, but why is "How was" wrong? Please explain.

2016年12月7日 · I'm not sure if I'm right but I think that after "were" I should place "would have been" instead of "would be". If I were to make this game, it would have been a lot more …

2017年4月26日 · "If + were" expresses the subjunctive mood, which refers to wishes and desires and is known as a "non-factual" mood. If you're mentioning a possibility or a probability, a …

2016年11月19日 · In the sentence, "Jonathan Oldstyle and Diedrich Knickerbocker (was, were) two of Irving's pen name" do I use was or were?

Which of the following is correct ? Who were these buildings designed by? Or Who was these buildings designed by? Does were/was refer to "these buildings" or "who"?

2023年5月7日 · Consider the following sentence, from " Introduction to Control Systems " by Malgorzata Zywno: Note that if a summer were to be moved behind the block, the additional …