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#1·Apr 27, 2026US
(colloquial, nonstandard) ; were.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026US
(now, colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
Origin: From , from , from , from from to reside, whence also vestal. See also , (dated, wie is generally preferred today), , , , ); also , . The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be is from . The forms is and are are both derived from . Lastly, the past forms starting with w- such as was and were are from. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026US
(now, colloquial, or, nonstandard, AAVE) ; were.
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