Feb 14, 2019 · 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 …

Oct 25, 2021 · 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 …

The correct use is decided by when you had that thought: if the thought occurred to you when (or before) you were making the call, then would be is an appropriate choice (were is still …

Apr 26, 2017 · 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 …

Jun 19, 2022 · "If it were" or "If it was" can be used to give a hypothetical condition. It's not actually true that the car is a part, or an extension, of your body, but hypothetically if it was an …

Nov 5, 2014 · 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 …

The question is usually in the same form as the answer. So the answer might be these buildings were designed by Lutyens - the subject of the verb is the buildings. So, the question is "Who …

Both are correct, although there's a bit of room for discussion. The last time you spoke to him is obviously in the past, but it is in the past now.

But given that it didn't originally exist in AmE either, I still think it's probably down to "not-quite-native-speakers" conflating what were originally two distinct idiomatic forms. After enough mis …

Subject-verb agreement is a pain even for native speakers. The trick is to find the actual subject of the sentence and ignore the rest.