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Old 31-Mar-2008, 21:10
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is there any rule on how to teach the weak and strong forms of was/WERE? thanks a lot
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is there any rule on how to teach the weak and strong forms of was/WERE? thanks a lot
I am not sure quite what you mean, but generally the weak form will be in the middle of a sentence, whereas the strong form will be at the beginning.
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Maybe this might help you.

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