Krogh

[ krawkh ]

/ krɔx /

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(Schack) Au·guste (Steen·berg)

[shahk -ou-goost -steen-barg], /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/, 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.

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Question 1 of 7

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

Dean and another panelist, Egil “Bud” Krogh, went to jail in the coverup.
Watergate Remembered Four Decades Later at Washington Post Party|Howard Kurtz|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Krogh, the old blacksmith, worked away at it till his yellow drooping jaws shook.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz
He explained it all, the parts that were there and the rest that should be added as soon as Krogh had got the turbine finished.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz
Egholm looked across reproachfully at Krogh, the old blacksmith, who stood on the beach with his jaws drooping as ever.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz

Mr. Krogh thought that a conference with the British should first be requested, but no proposals made for the present.
The Peace Negotiations|J. D. Kestell
This observation was apparently forgotten until revived again by Krogh recently.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield