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noun

a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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A place where unexplained delays are a matter of course, and where public fingernail clipping is considered only a minor sin.
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If we hustle right smart we can get a pen done 'fore dark, let alone gettin' them cattle into a shed.
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With what honest pride did John Smith, the best farmer of them all, step to the fore and assign to each man his place!
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With his head between his fore-paws and one eye closed, he watches the tiny tongue of flame licking up the last coal.
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The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.
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