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Grammar and Linguistics > grammar mistake?
grammar mistake?
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josek
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grammar mistake?
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hellow dear colleagues!! I need your help.. I came across this sentence and I doubt whether it is grammatically correct or not.
in order to
check whether there were repeated information,
grammar or spelling mistakes.
is the verb "were" correct? or was?
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20 Sep 2009
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monicap_87
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I don �t know the complete context... but it sounds like an unreal conditional case to me, if the case were so, using �were � is the acceptable thing to do. EVEN if information = it we still use ´were´.
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20 Sep 2009
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josek
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thanks Monicap_87 for your help!! I had doubts about whether "were" was correctly used considering "repeated information,
grammar or spelling mistakes"
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20 Sep 2009
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josek
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thanks Monicap_87 for your help!! I had doubts about whether "were" was correctly used considering "repeated information,
grammar or spelling mistakes"
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20 Sep 2009
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goodnesses
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I think the verb here agrees with the plural noun "mistakes".
There were many SS in the room. NOT: There was many SS in the room.
I don�t think there is some kind of conditional here ! ! !
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20 Sep 2009
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baiba
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In the construction �there + is/are �, the verb always agrees with the first noun following it, so the correct version should be �was �.
I �d agree with Monicap that this sentence might be a conditional. Then the usage of �were � would be justified.
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20 Sep 2009
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silpont
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Agree with Goodnesses. There was would fit there.
Have a nice day!
Silvi :) |
20 Sep 2009
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