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ChrissyKin_93 t1_iw0vn5d wrote
Reply to comment by puneralissimo in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco
"What happened?!"
"War were declared."
mizinamo t1_iw2adnq wrote
Somebody set up us the bomb!
potatan t1_iw1ug2k wrote
"When using be in an if clause for an unreal conditional sentence, always conjugate it as were, no matter what the subject is. Even if the subject is first-person singular (I) or third-person singular (he, she, or it), still use were with an if clause in unreal conditional sentences. "
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/conditional-sentences-was-instead-of-were/
PineappleBat25 t1_iw2x5a7 wrote
It’s a reference, killjoy
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