Were vs Came - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between were and came is that were is while came is . As a noun were is (archaic) man (human male), as in.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
were English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .
Verb
( head)
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- John, you were the only person to see him.
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- We were about to leave.
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- Mary and John, you were right.
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- They were a fine group.
- They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
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- I wish that it were Sunday.
- I wish that I were with you.
:* with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:
:*: Were''' it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all.'' (= '''''If''' it '''were simply... )
:*: Were''' father a king, we would have war.'' (= '''''If''' father '''were a king,... )
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
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, page=
, passage=Maccabi would have been out of contention were it not for Stoke's profligacy, but their fortune eventually ran out as the visitors opened the scoring.}}
(Northern England) was.
Synonyms
* (second-person singular past indicative, archaic'') wast (''used with "thou" )
* (second-person singular imperfect subjunctive, archaic'') wert (''used with "thou" )
See also
* am
* are
* is
* art
* be
* being
* been
* beest
* was
* wast
* wert
Etymology 2
(etyl) wer, from (etyl) .
Noun
( wikipedia were)
( en noun)
(archaic) man (human male), as in .
(obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
* Bosworth
- Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were .
(fandom) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
Related terms
* were-
* weregild
* werewolf
* world
Statistics
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came English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)
(come)
(cum)
Synonyms
* by, when [event, period, change in state] came]]/[[arrive, arrived
See also
* (preposition)
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.
Statistics
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