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were Verb the form of the past tense of be: used after we, you, they, or a plural noun, or as a subjunctive in conditional sentences [Old English wēron, wæron] USAGE: Were, as a remnant of the past subjunctive in English, is used in formal contexts in clauses expressing hypotheses (if he were to die, she would inherit everything), suppositions contrary to fact (if I were you, I would be careful), and desire (I wish he were there now). In informal speech, however, was is often used instead. Were, Wered, Wering a military force; a band of troops. |
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| Don't you wish we had the money Papa lost when we were little, Jo? We were talking about what it is like to spend one's childhood in little towns like these, buried in wheat and corn, under stimulating extremes of climate: burning summers when the world lies green and billowy beneath a brilliant sky, when one is fairly stifled in vegetation, in the color and smell of strong weeds and heavy harvests; blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is stripped bare and gray as sheet-iron. I had no expectation of seeing him, and we were both surprised when we met on the express. |
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