
12-27-2003, 07:10 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: The U.K.
Posts: 5,711
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Where
Pronunciation: 'hwer, 'hwar, 'wer, 'war, (")(h)w&r
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hw[AE]r; akin to Old High German hwAr where, Old English hwA who -- more at WHO
Date: before 12th century
1 a : at, in, or to what place <where is the house> <where are we going> b : at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, circumstances, or respect <where does this plan lead> <where am I wrong>
2 archaic : HERE, THERE <lo, where it comes again -- Shakespeare>
Were
Etymology: Middle English were (suppletive sing. past subj. & 2d sing. past indic. of been to be), weren (suppletive past plural of been), from Old English w[AE]re (sing. past subj. & 2d singular past indic. of wesan to be), w[AE]ron (past plural indicative of wesan), w[AE]ren (past plural subjunctive of wesan) -- more at WAS
past second singular, past plural or past subjunctive ofBE
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Never said Where wasn't a real word, I just meant that you were using it wrong, or that you misspelt 'were'
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