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Bookmark or Share- grammaticality - if it wasn't for or if it weren't for? - English ...Using "weren't" is a more archaic strategy and can be confusing, as you note. – John Lawler. Commented ...
- Difference between "couldn't" and "wasn't able to"I mean it seems to me I always face when people say "coudn't" and yesterday I faced that "wasn't able to" also can be used but how often or even usual people use that phrase. Is there the same difference between "couldn't" and "wasn't/weren't able to" like between "could" and "be able to" ? Unfortunetly, my expirience is not so vast like you –
- "If it was" or "if it were"? [duplicate] - English Language & Usage ...In your specific case, neither 'was' nor 'were' is best; you should say "if it is running". "If it were running" is subjunctive case, used to describe hypothetical situations: "If it were running, I would stop it first, but it's already stopped."
- What does "Still, you weren't eleven every day" mean in Harry Potter ...Still, you weren’t eleven every day. — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling. I am wondering if this sentence is grammatical and correct to use here. If it is, please explain its meaning. I guess Harry had never had a pleasant birthday since he was a baby, but that the eleventh was not to be like past ones.
- "We're not" vs. "we aren't" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeWell, since they do mean the same thing, I would think that they are generally interchangeable. Both are grammatically valid, but there is one reason to use one over the other; if you are trying to increase the emphasis on one word, don't contract it.
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