▲ 635 ▼ Myth, Buster (lemmy.ca) submitted 1 year ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/politicalhumor@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Weren't* permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) The phrase is, "didn't use to be." The word "weren't" would be correct had he been responding to "I was free", but he is responding to "I use to be free", so "didn't" is correct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 1 year ago "You weren't the land of the free" is much more elegant than "you didn't used to be the land of the free" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) The phrase is, "didn't use to be." The word "weren't" would be correct had he been responding to "I was free", but he is responding to "I use to be free", so "didn't" is correct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 1 year ago "You weren't the land of the free" is much more elegant than "you didn't used to be the land of the free" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 1 year ago "You weren't the land of the free" is much more elegant than "you didn't used to be the land of the free" permalink fedilink source parent
