"It is" vs. "it was" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
@Yong: The be verb isn't transitive, it's stative, and doesn't take an object.Almost all native speakers of English, educated or not, will say "It was me", but if you look at 19th-century and …
It was he ... / It was him [duplicate] - English Language & Usage …
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is it was a or is a - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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Simple Past vs. Present Perfect: "was" vs. "has been"
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Difference between "was already" and "has already been"
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"if it were possible" vs "if it was possible" [duplicate]
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"Yes, I thought it was very good." Why "thought"?
It does indeed mean you had that thought in the past, while watching the movie. It doesn’t automatically tell us anything one way of the other as to what you think now; and I think the …
Was vs had been - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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Should you use "I thought it was" or "I thought it is" when talking ...
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grammaticality - Behave as if it was or it were - English Language ...
Of course Queen Elizabeth does not count because it was her whole bloody job to say that. She also does not count because her own great-great-great-grandmother wouldn't have …