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 women.
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?
We was is not standard English, it is used in some regional dialects: The verb 'to be' has two simple past forms in Standard English - I/he/she/it was and you/we/they were. Apart from the special case of you, the distinction is, therefore, between singular was and plural were In some regional dialects, however, this pattern is not observed. In some parts of the country, speakers use was ...
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I learned from many sources that as if it were is accepted by all native English speakers. And as if it was is widely used, especially informally. But is the simple present indicative accepted as ...
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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 that would be if the sentence was in non-fiction text.
The case for were To be is a special verb, and were is a special conjugation of it. In addition to its normal role, it also is the go-to verb when speaking in the past subjunctive. (The subjunctive is all about expressing wishes and hopes.) Specifically when talking about things we wish were true, it is grammatically correct to use were.