Help! Was-Were?

Originally posted by thyme
Surprise... Yankee Doodle don't like grammar threads.

they are a form of intellectual elitism

Originally posted by Nordlys
You are doing bra!

😵

That was aaaall brightish, wasn't it?

Originally posted by shavixmir
And considering anybody wishing to be British has obviously lost the plot to some extent, nobody should really care one way or the other.

Have you heard the song?

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!

Yes, yes, I said british, but I simply remembered wrong. 😕

Originally posted by Jigtie
I have a serious problem! A problem I can't solve. Or think the answer too. Lennon song: ...you'd wish you was Brittish.

Shouldn't it be: ...you'd wish you [b]were brittish?

I never quite got when to use "was" and when to use "were", as it was... were... when?.. 😕

Oh, and I'm serious. I really don't know. Anyone?[/b]

15 years ago, my english teacher said the singular 3rd person 'were' was being replaced with 'was'. but it doesn't seem like it ever happened, except for maybe regionally. every now and then you run into it though, and it isn't because the speaker did it accidentally.



only dead languages don't evolve.

Originally posted by Jigtie
😵

That was [b]aaaall brightish, wasn't it?[/b]

Of course. 😉


Punkt slut.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Of course. 😉


Punkt slut.

😲

Originally posted by Nordlys
Punkt slut.

Now that's just tacky. 😛

Originally posted by Jigtie
Now that's just tacky. 😛

Tack! 😉

Originally posted by duecer
they are a form of intellectual elitism

not when English isn't your first language and you're trying to learn, not showing off how brightish you are. This thread has got plenty of educational value. Bare bra, punkt slut..

Originally posted by thyme
not when English isn't your first language and you're trying to learn, not showing off how brightish you are. This thread has got plenty of educational value. Bare bra, punkt slut..

Today I saw a poster in a kindergarten titled "BRA MAT". 😕

Originally posted by Nordlys
Today I saw a poster in a kindergarten titled "BRA MAT". 😕

that'll change to "SKIT BRA", but not in a good way, when they get to real school.