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- I was or I were? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I wish I were young I wish I were a boy I wish I were a policeman I wish I were a rich man All the above sentences suggest you want to be something you are factually not In other words, you are NOT young, a boy, a policeman, a rich man and you are sorry that you are not young, a boy, a policeman, a rich man If I were you, I wouldn't say that
- What is the difference between were and have been?
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 2) some of the best known writers of detective fiction in the twentieth century have been women
- is it was or were - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
If you really wanna go nuts with it "My thoughts were the ones that had begun to drive me slightly mad" This makes it sound like you and your thoughts are not entirely one, which might be stylistically kind of cool
- Should I use “was” or “were”? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
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- Meaning using was to and were to in sentence
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 Since this sentence is in past-tense narrative mode, the reader, as they are reading, would probably interpret something
- Should I use was or were in as though he was frightened?
Technically, you should use 'were' You are correct that the sentence is subjunctive because of the indefiniteness introduced by 'as though' The subjunctive takes the plural form of the past tense of 'to be' as its auxiliary verb, even in the singular Having said that, many expert native English speakers will say 'was'
- phrase usage - We were made making to leave immediately - English . . .
"We were made to leave immediately" means we were compelled to leave immediately "We were making to leave immediately" means we were acting as if we were leaving immediately Possibly we were hoping to be asked to stay, but we were not showing that
- tense - If something was vs If something were - English Language . . .
Use were (instead of was) in statements that are contrary to fact In your sentences it should definitely be: "What if the Moon were a Disco ball" - It's not true, that's why we use the subjunctive, it's contrary to fact "If + were" expresses the subjunctive mood, which refers to wishes and desires and is known as a "non-factual" mood
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