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proportional limit
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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
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βWasβ is used for the indicative past tense of βto be,β and βwereβ is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of proportional limit
First recorded in 1945β50
Words nearby proportional limit
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