name the day
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Fix the date for a wedding, as in Her parents pressed her to name the day. This expression was first recorded in 1766. However, similar usages for specifying a time, such as name the time, date from the late 1500s.
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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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