From what i remember from school, you use were instead of was if the sentence is a conditional one (if it uses "if").
for ex: If i were to be lucky, i could win your game.
Keep in mind though that english is not my first language (french is) and school was a long time ago.
I have a master's so you should listen to me xD
Just kidding :D
I mean, I do have it and you should use "were" in (if) conditionals, but feel totally free to listen to some music instead of me :D
Thanks! Yeah, I guess I didn't realise it was conditional. I always used to say 'conditional' shit when I was a kid. Y'know, stuff like 'WHAT IF YOU WERE A LION, DAD????'
It's an easy mistake to make since it's an exception to the general rule so you're used to using "was" for 2nd person singular.
Just to make it clear, in your example:
Was I going to give this away?
or
were I going to give this away?
The first one (was) is correct seeing as there's no "if" ;)
Naw, it's fine. I'm pretty sure English is considered one of the most difficult languages in the world. I think, anyways. It has all sorts of funky rules.
Are you SURE? English has a ridiculous amount of rules that contradict themselves. Japanese and Mandarin, from what I've heard, are just intimidating and not actually that difficult to learn.
Sorry, I just meant that I was told by language teachers throughout the years that it's harder to learn English second than it is to learn, say, French or German second. Personally, I would take their word for it. It's their job. Also, it's not only the rules, it's also that there are several ways to say a sentence. From what I remember from my language classes, there aren't as many ways to say one sentence (e.g. French, in my case) as there are in English.
I think you will be going to give this away. Though of course you can prove me wrong easily. ;)
In your sentence above I think I vote for "Was I going to give this away?"
However, in a different sentence like "If I were to give this way, someone will be happy" I would vote for were.
I'm not a native speaker though and therefore my 2 cents may be the wrong currency.
FROST
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Damn, Joao. You got a makeover. You've got a few gray hairs, though.
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Its my natural beauty, don't you like it? (◕‿◕✿)
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yes
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I think you should say "was" but not a native english speaker xd
already have the game though, thanks anyway :D
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From what i remember from school, you use were instead of was if the sentence is a conditional one (if it uses "if").
for ex: If i were to be lucky, i could win your game.
Keep in mind though that english is not my first language (french is) and school was a long time ago.
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I have a master's so you should listen to me xD
Just kidding :D
I mean, I do have it and you should use "were" in (if) conditionals, but feel totally free to listen to some music instead of me :D
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This is probably the best comment I've read in a while. You made my day :P.
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Happy to be of service :D
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Thanks! Yeah, I guess I didn't realise it was conditional. I always used to say 'conditional' shit when I was a kid. Y'know, stuff like 'WHAT IF YOU WERE A LION, DAD????'
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It's an easy mistake to make since it's an exception to the general rule so you're used to using "was" for 2nd person singular.
Just to make it clear, in your example:
Was I going to give this away?
or
were I going to give this away?
The first one (was) is correct seeing as there's no "if" ;)
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The English language is pretty easy to screw up, so yay!
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"Was I going to give this away"--->I don't know shit about english, but Its "more" correct for me....So yea... .-. Thank you for the game btw <3
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"If I were to give this away... I wouldn't have created an english-grammar discussion like you did."
only for illustration purposes -- don't take the example too seriously :P
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Naw, it's fine. I'm pretty sure English is considered one of the most difficult languages in the world. I think, anyways. It has all sorts of funky rules.
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but english isnt. :S .. There are so many other languages that are much more difficult... Madarin and Japanese?
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Are you SURE? English has a ridiculous amount of rules that contradict themselves. Japanese and Mandarin, from what I've heard, are just intimidating and not actually that difficult to learn.
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oh... ok, then.
But rule-inconsistency is not a good attribute. And it is definitely not a good rationale for difficulty.
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Sorry, I just meant that I was told by language teachers throughout the years that it's harder to learn English second than it is to learn, say, French or German second. Personally, I would take their word for it. It's their job. Also, it's not only the rules, it's also that there are several ways to say a sentence. From what I remember from my language classes, there aren't as many ways to say one sentence (e.g. French, in my case) as there are in English.
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that's true. i hate english though (not a native speaker). My first language is hindi. I wish appreciated my first language a bit more.
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Strangely, I can't recall ever learning these, but I have always used "if I were to". And...
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Yeah, pretty much that picture. It makes sense that were would be used with plurals(this is a trend, anyways) or with conditionals.
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I think you will be going to give this away. Though of course you can prove me wrong easily. ;)
In your sentence above I think I vote for "Was I going to give this away?"
However, in a different sentence like "If I were to give this way, someone will be happy" I would vote for were.
I'm not a native speaker though and therefore my 2 cents may be the wrong currency.
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No, you're right.
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