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Here-Hear said: I suggest you are be quiet. Even when ignoring the Fact that you haven't heard about the Subjunctive or at the very least, that you're supposed to use "were" in those Cases, what you wrote is still not accurate for the Indicative. "It" is singular. so you use "was". You use "were" with a plural noun. "They were..." "I was..." If it were like that, you could say: "you was" in 2nd Person Singular, but unfortunately, the "you" you're using in second Person Singular is actually the "you" in second Person Plural and "thou" in second Person Singular, which had its own Form for Indicative,wast (compare German: warst) and for Subjunctive, wert (compare German: wärst). |
Fiction-S said: Same for me and I've also had learned the Sentence: "If I were you, I would..." first.The latter sounds pleasing to the ears, albeit 99% of my grammar is fixed by the way it sounds. Besides, "if I were you" really sounds similar to "wenn ich du wär(e)" and hearing something like "if I was you" sounds as wrong to my Ears as saying "wenn ich du war". |
| I've always said "if it were me" |
BubbleGum_ said: And you've never questioned why?I've always said "if it were me" |
Noboru said: Here-Hear said: I suggest you are be quiet. Even when ignoring the Fact that you haven't heard about the Subjunctive or at the very least, that you're supposed to use "were" in those Cases, what you wrote is still not accurate for the Indicative. "It" is singular. so you use "was". You use "were" with a plural noun. "They were..." "I was..." If it were like that, you could say: "you was" in 2nd Person Singular, but unfortunately, the "you" you're using in second Person Singular is actually the "you" in second Person Plural and "thou" in second Person Singular, which had its own Form for Indicative,wast (compare German: warst) and for Subjunctive, wert (compare German: wärst). omg ... what has this thread turned into @_@ |
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| I think "if it was me" is correct, but I always use "if it were me". You wouldn't say "it were me". You would say "it was me". UNLESS THIS IS A TRICK QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS ACTUALLY "IF IT WAS I" |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
mayukachan said: Mr7Beans said: we didn't learn grammar/spelling in high schoolgo back to school we did fucking essays on novels and news articles i hate the education system, it's so fucking dumb and poorly organized. i can't believe a native english speaker, like i, have to ask people about the most basic grammar problems. There's a difference between Basic and Tricky. I'd consider this one Tricky. Besides, most people don't even care unless it's some English major you're asking. People know what you mean, anyways. |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
ZA_WAYD said: A Grammatic Thread talking about Grammatic.omg ... what has this thread turned into @_@ yosimba2000 said: So your Brain tells you that it has to be "if it was me", but your Gut Feeling or Heart tells you that "if it were me" is right?I think "if it was me" is correct, but I always use "if it were me". "Me" is correct here, because it's a disjunctive Pronoun. Besides, most people don't even care unless it's some English major you're asking. You don't have to be an English major to have the Feeling that "If I was you" sounds plainly wrong. Also, if you were to know enough German, you wouldn't make the Mistake of confusing Indicative with Subjunctive. |
NoboruNov 30, 2015 4:05 AM
| Depends if it is past or present tense. |
Noboru said: ZA_WAYD said: A Grammatic Thread talking about Grammatic.omg ... what has this thread turned into @_@ yosimba2000 said: So your Brain tells you that it has to be "if it was me", but your Gut Feeling or Heart tells you that "if it were me" is right?I think "if it was me" is correct, but I always use "if it were me". "Me" is correct here, because it's a disjunctive Pronoun. Besides, most people don't even care unless it's some English major you're asking. You don't have to be an English major to have the Feeling that "If I was you" sounds plainly wrong. Also, if you were to know enough German, you wouldn't make the mistake of confusing Indicative with Subjunctive.There are some phrases that sound incorrect but are actually right. I never cared much about the intricacies of grammar. |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
traed said: "were" is the Past Subjunctive for all grammatical Persons and the Past Indicative for "you", "we", "you" and "they" while "was" is only the Past Indicative for the 1st (I) and 3rd Person Singular (he/she/it).Depends if it is past or present tense. yosimba2000 said: I had those with Constructions like "that's me", because the Sentence were ( = wäre) "das bin ich" in German which would be (= würde sein) "that am I" in English and that might have even been the Case until English changed from V2 Word Order (Verb second) to Subject-Verb-Object (SVO), so instead of the Subject Pronoun "I", the Object Pronoun "me" has been being in Use since then, analogous to French "c'est moi".There are some phrases that sound incorrect but are actually right. |
NoboruNov 30, 2015 10:26 AM
| Bump for help! |
| The comma is not needed..it sort of breaks the flow of the sentence |
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| Don't put it there. |
| The comma seems unnecessary. |
Just because you ask for advice from a popular person, doesn't mean it'll be helpful. There is no Need for a Comma if you can replace it with a Pronoun: "Just because you ask for advice from a popular person It doesn't mean it'll be helpful." You are neither separating Main Clauses and subordinated Clauses, nor Adverbs ("Today, I"/"..., too") and you don't do an Enumeration or List of Things you name, so a Comma above seems pretty unfit. |
| I think you need the comma. And even if it's not necessary, using it there helps reading the sentence a lot. (But I'm not a native English-speaker) |
| The writer who penned Clashing Feelings. You can buy the light novel on Amazon. |
| Get that comma outta there |
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