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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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Her microhistories weave compelling lives into larger stories, and William Moulton Marston is irresistible.
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The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.
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I heard he helped you create Thanos, and weave him into the story.
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Ex-sexy elf Orlando Bloom, without even putting on his Legolas weave, turns Justin Bieber-punching everyman.
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In the Forum Club, there is taffeta and lace, leather and gold.
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She could not work on such a day, nor weave fancies to stir her pulses and warm her blood.
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Absurd as that taffeta dress was for a child of her age, it seemed to her an armor against all disaster.
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Nine identical High-Pocketses—all so tall they had to weave around the neon lights instead of ducking under them.
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The women of the interior spin and weave for their household, and they also embroider very beautifully.
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The artisans of Bengal can weave, the Chinese boatmen can row, with its aid, and it adds much to facility in climbing.
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