Evidence for God from Science

RickD wrote:Audie,

Which of these sentences is correct:

1) My wife asked me if it was cold out last night.

2) My wife asked me if it were cold out last night.

Now why is that different than my sentence?

What is the difference between "it IT was"

And

"If YOU was"

Audie wrote:

RickD wrote:Audie,

Which of these sentences is correct:

1) My wife asked me if it was cold out last night.

2) My wife asked me if it were cold out last night.

Now why is that different than my sentence?

What is the difference between "it IT was"

And

"If YOU was"

Southern speech...

Ya all it ain't was you were it?

Audie wrote:

RickD wrote:Audie,

Which of these sentences is correct:

1) My wife asked me if it was cold out last night.

2) My wife asked me if it were cold out last night.

Now why is that different than my sentence?

What is the difference between "it IT was"

And

"If YOU was"

"If it was", speaking about the past, is grammatically correct.

"If you was", is grammatically incorrect no matter what.

Here's your grammar lesson Audie.

Was is used in the first person singular (I) and the third person singular (he, she, it).

Were is used in the second person singular and plural (you, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they).

The forms that was and were will take in your sentence are summarized in the chart below,

Singular = I was, You were, He was, She was, It was

Plural = We were, You were, They were

I was driving to the park.
You were drinking some water.
He was about to eat dinner.
She was at the roller rink.
It was a great time.
We were in the right spot.
They were nowhere to be seen.

http://writingexplained.org/was-vs-were-difference

Therefore, my sentence is correct.

Apology accepted, Captain Needa.

RickD wrote:Here's your grammar lesson Audie.

Was is used in the first person singular (I) and the third person singular (he, she, it).

Were is used in the second person singular and plural (you, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they).

The forms that was and were will take in your sentence are summarized in the chart below,

Singular = I was, You were, He was, She was, It was

Plural = We were, You were, They were

I was driving to the park.
You were drinking some water.
He was about to eat dinner.
She was at the roller rink.
It was a great time.
We were in the right spot.
They were nowhere to be seen.

http://writingexplained.org/was-vs-were-difference

Therefore, my sentence is correct.

Apology accepted, Captain Needa.

There is no "if" or other means of denoting doubt, wish, or condition contrary to fact;
consequentmente, your conjugality is inoperable.

RickD wrote:

Audie wrote:

RickD wrote:Audie,

Which of these sentences is correct:

1) My wife asked me if it was cold out last night.

2) My wife asked me if it were cold out last night.

Now why is that different than my sentence?

What is the difference between "it IT was"

And

"If YOU was"

"If it was", speaking about the past, is grammatically correct.

"If you was", is grammatically incorrect no matter what.

Nonsense; i can write a sentence entirely acceptable to the dean of the English dept.
at Oxford, why, the very Queen Mother herself, employing those exact words.

When I asked if my sentence was grammatically correct, the first response was from Nick. The next was from Jason, who is an expert, and said it is grammatically correct. And he gave his reasoning.


Audie,

Are you going to concede you are wrong, and apologize? Or are you going to continue to be stubborn, despite all the evidence against you?

RickD wrote:Audie,

Are you going to concede you are wrong, and apologize? Or are you going to continue to be stubborn, despite all the evidence against you?

What do you think? She's a woman Rick!

Anyone would think you weren't married.

What did 'Nick' actually say?

Anyway, grammar experts rarely say that one form of words is more correct than another. Using different words simply changes the meaning slightly. The original sentence:
"Then your wife asked you if it was comfortable sleeping in the dog house," is perfectly correct, if you had in fact spent some time asleep in the doghouse. "...if it were comfortable... changes the meaning to add a degree of uncertainty, which is probably not warranted in the context of the joke. It implies a conditional, which does not seem to be present.

Deleting the word "you" changes the meaning again, as does adding the words "last night."

What did "your wife" actually say?

"Is it comfortable sleeping in the dog house?" (You slept there last night and will probably sleep there again)
"Was is comfortable sleeping in the dog house?" (You slept there last night, but not necessarily again)
"Will it be comfortable sleeping in the dog house?" (A question you cannot be certain of the answer to)

One of the reasons grammarians find it difficult to say what it correct and what is not is the difficulty of justifying their justifying their prognostications by evidence. Has anybody got any?

RickD wrote:Audie,

Which of these sentences is correct:

1) My wife asked me if it was cold out last night.

2) My wife asked me if it were cold out last night.

Now why is that different than my sentence?

I meant to quote it, not like it! You should say 'different from' not 'different than'.

Nicki wrote:

RickD wrote:Audie,

Which of these sentences is correct:

1) My wife asked me if it was cold out last night.

2) My wife asked me if it were cold out last night.

Now why is that different than my sentence?

I meant to quote it, not like it! You should say 'different from' not 'different than'.

Good grief. And I complain about that one! You right, me wrong.

RickD wrote:When I asked if my sentence was grammatically correct, the first response was from Nick. The next was from Jason, who is an expert, and said it is grammatically correct. And he gave his reasoning.


Audie,

Are you going to concede you are wrong, and apologize? Or are you going to continue to be stubborn, despite all the evidence against you?

I will comcede that you rewrote your sentence before submitting it.

Audie wrote:

RickD wrote:When I asked if my sentence was grammatically correct, the first response was from Nick. The next was from Jason, who is an expert, and said it is grammatically correct. And he gave his reasoning.


Audie,

Are you going to concede you are wrong, and apologize? Or are you going to continue to be stubborn, despite all the evidence against you?

I will comcede that you rewrote your sentence before submitting it.

No Audie. That would be intentionally dishonest.

RickD wrote:

Audie wrote:

RickD wrote:When I asked if my sentence was grammatically correct, the first response was from Nick. The next was from Jason, who is an expert, and said it is grammatically correct.

Audie,

Are you going to concede you are wrong, and apologize? Or are you going to continue to be stubborn, despite all the evidence against you?

I will comcede that you rewrote your sentence before submitting it.

No Audie. That would be intentionally dishonest.

Come on Rick, that IS Audie's way of apologizing.

Byblos wrote:

RickD wrote:

Audie wrote:

RickD wrote:When I asked if my sentence was grammatically correct, the first response was from Nick. The next was from Jason, who is an expert, and said it is grammatically correct.

Audie,

Are you going to concede you are wrong, and apologize? Or are you going to continue to be stubborn, despite all the evidence against you?

I will comcede that you rewrote your sentence before submitting it.

No Audie. That would be intentionally dishonest.

Come on Rick, that IS Audie's way of apologizing.

Really? Coulda fooled me.