I found a sentence in the web.     If I were you.    If I was you    Which one is correct? Must we use "were" just with you/we/they? is something wrong here?
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If I was... If I were...   When is it correct to use "If I was" vs. "If I were" in standard English?
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Someone says I need to use "was", someone says to use "were". Which one is correct?     What I saw were a driver and an attendant.   or     What I saw was a driver and an attendant.
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Possible Duplicate:          This is a line spoken by the . I always wondered if this is grammatically correct.  Luke says something like "You are mistaken ..." which the Emperor answers with     No, it is you who are mistaken!   Why wouldn't he say     No, it is you who is mistaken!   instead?  I don't know what rules apply here but my stomach tells me the latter is (at least also) correct, although you would say "you are mistaken". It feels as if he should be referring to "you" in the third person.  Could you please shed some light? Are both correct or – if not – which one is correct? And why?
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When I was , I stumbled upon the phrase “Who be ye?”. But why is it “Who be ye?” and not “Who are ye?”? The modern equivalent of “ye” would be “you”, wouldn’t it? “Who be you?” would be considered incorrect, whilst “Who are you?” would be perfectly fine.
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Possible Duplicate:          Which one is the correct form: "Wish I was here" or "wish I were here"? I've heard both of them many times but I don't know which one is correct.
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“You are” vs. “you're” — what is the difference between them?  I get confused between the two a lot. I want to understand how to use them appropriately, because I hate making mistakes.
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I've heard that the phrase "If there is/are" can be used in the sentences. But I don't know exactly how to use in sentences. Although I don't know its exact usage, I've tried to use it in the sentences below:   If there is a quite a silence at the market, there must be something wrong. If there is a private discussion at their home right now, we don't need to go there. If there are many fishes at that pond, let's move for haunting. If there are similarities between their meanings, you need to be more specific when you differentiate them. If there is a mistake in my writing, please correct it for me.   Could you please tell me the correct usage of "If there is/are?
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Let’s say I write: “Just send me those documents as is”. Is that correct? Should the "as is" idiom be pluralised into “as are”, which sounds so wrong to me? Or are they both incorrect, in which case I may write “as they are”?
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Which personal pronoun is appropriate in single-author papers - 'I' or 'we'? Could the use of 'I' be considered egotistical? Or will the use of 'we' be considered to be grammatically incorrect?
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It was ... salted the earth around your flower deck.    I wrote the second form "It was me". I have chosen the most "appropriate" answer to this question as somebody who is learning English.  This decision was made on a phonetic basis so it's for sure I made a mistake.   Surely you have a rational explanation to this exercise, maybe a grammar rule, or is it an English expression?
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I read a sentence in an exam:     There is no child who did not bring his parents to the picnic.    I think that the sentence does not have tense-agreement. Why is is used instead of was? Please explain it to me.
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Possible Duplicate:          Is this correct grammar?     What if there was a Stack Overflow on…    Shouldn't it be "what if there were a Stack Overflow on…"?
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I'm under the impression that the correct verb to use is "are," but my colleagues believe it to be "is."  And what about just: "over half our board [are/is] people of color" ?  Another case: "over half the stadium [are/is] people of color"  We're tripping over these examples, any help appreciated!
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I was interested in the following sentence which appeared in a   in The Washington Post, Politics, (WHO RUNS GOV).     She, along with Mark Childress, were set to be Daschle's deputies at   the White House before he stepped down.   Can someone clarify if the fragment "She, along with Mark Childress, were set to" is ungrammatical, as I think it is?  I would reword were with was because I think that the subject of the sentence - obviously, in grammatical terms - is "She", not "She" and "Mark Childress", but I'm not sure on this correction.  More precisely, I'm not so sure that "She, along with Mark Childress" is equivalent to She and Mark Childress with regard to the effects on the grammatical numbers.
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I've always been taught to put myself last when referring to myself in the same sentence as others but the usage of "me and..." seems to be everywhere these days. The misuse of the word "me" instead of "I" aside, is there some new rule I haven't heard of? Shouldn't we put ourselves last regardless of the "me"/"I" usage?  Examples of "correct" usage:      My friends and I went for some ice   cream. Did you see my friends and me   at the ice cream stand?   Examples of "incorrect" usage:     Me and my friends went for some ice   cream. Did you see me and my friends   at the ice cream stand?   Note: I was also taught that the only person who could put themselves first was the queen.
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I have just learned from what I consider a reliable source, that the following sentence is correct:     One of us is wrong, aren't we?   I would never in my life have written this, but I am assured that   As I realize comments don't live forever I will quote the relevant parts:     oerkelens : So you  would really write One of us is wrong, aren't we? I guess by analogy you would not bat an eyelid at One of these balls is blue, aren't they?   Matt Эллен : yes, "Then one of us is wrong, aren't we?" is exactly how it would be written. Same for the balls.   Could someone please enlighten me how it is possible that the number in a question tag supposedly has to be in discordance with the subject of the main clause?  I admit that I am not the youngest any more, and my school days are long gone, but back in the days, I was taught that  1. a verb and its subject concord in number 2. a question tag concords with the subject of the main clause  I was given examples like:     It is warm today, isn't it?   We will be on time, won't we?   Mary is pretty, isn't she?   John isn't the brightest, is he?   Some people may notice that the subject of the main clause seems to determine every time the subject of the question tag. When the main clause subject is singular, so are verb and subject in the question tag.  I was under the impression that a) this made sense and b) this would be a general rule.  I fully realize that grammar does not have to make sense, so a) is immaterial. As for b), today I learned I was wrong :)  So when (and possibly why?) do we form question tags that are different in number from their main clause?   To exemplify, also the other example sentence that I used and was corrected on:     One of these balls is blue, isn't it? (so this is wrong)   One of these balls is blue, aren't they? (and this is correct)   As an afterthought, does this strange grammatical number mix-up only appear in question-tags, or should I always refer to singular subjects in the plural if certain conditions are met? And what are those conditions?  Which versions are correct?     One of the cars is broken, aren't they? They (the car(s?) that is(are?) broken) should be fixed.   One of the cars is broken, aren't they? It (the car that is broken) should be fixed.   One of us must be wrong, mustn't we? We (the one(s?) that is (are?) wrong) should make amends.   One of us must be wrong, mustn't we? He (the one that is wrong) should make amends.   (In the last one, they could of course be used as the singular they, but that would avoid the issue...)
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We have been asked to correct the error in the sentence:     Either he or I is right.   The only possible change that I can think of goes like this:     Either I or he is right.   Am I right? It will be helpful if someone can state the rules for such sentences as I am unable to understand why the first sentence is wrong.