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Grammatical problem.

« on: January 14, 2006, 07:31:09 pm »

I have seen this a lot of times: "The way we was" and I'm sure that the verb "was" doesn't go with the plural pronoun, it should be were. So, why in the world they have it like this on lots of fanfics, and on the show as well? I'm very confused. Huh


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Re: Grammatical problem.

« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2006, 07:48:31 pm »

It's a dialectal thing.


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Re: Grammatical problem.

« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2006, 11:52:38 am »

You're absolutely correct.

The episode title is a joke, I'm sure. They couldn't use "The Way We Were", since that's already the title of a film. Or something.


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Re: Grammatical problem.

« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2006, 01:41:04 pm »

Thanks for crearing that up for me, folks. Wink