Grammar Question

[flobadob]

Can someone tell me if this is the correct use of the word 'were' or should it be 'where'?

Here are some images we got from a restaurant in London were they will be using our plates and chowder bowls to serve up their amazing food.

Thanks

[jourdain2]

'where'

[Toorak]

Where

[bednobs]

where

[jourdain2]

^^^ 'Where' refers to a place. 'Were' is a past tense of the verb To Be.

[Neveracrossword]

It's not actually a 'grammar' question - more just vocabulary or spelling.

[flobadob]

The thing is that it's not focusing on the fact that they will be used in London. It's more in the sense of, 'if I were to use those plates' . That's why I'm thinking it should be 'were', not 'where'.

[cashier]

Where

[Baldric]

Where!

[pixie374]

It would still be "a restaurant where...".

[jourdain2]

In that case you would have to re-write the whole sentence completely. As it stands, the subject is the images from the London restaurant and 'were' is impossible to use.

[Mamyalynne]

You could write instead...


Here are some images , our plates and bowls were used in this restaurant.

[fiction-factory]

I can't see any case whatsoever for 'were', flobadob, whereas 'where' fits perfectly

[Kidas]

The use of were as in 'If I were you...' is the conditional subjunctive - also called the second conditional.

It is a strict grammatical rule used for hypothetical situations.

Informally, the usage is declining - many people now say, "If he was taller, he would have made the team", instead of the correct version "If he were taller..."

The sentence you have offered is a clear example of a simple spelling issue.

If you are looking for examples of where it is correct to use 'were' in the subjunctive case, try these links:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/conditionals-1

http://www.grammar.cl/english/if-i-were-you.htm

[Peter Pedant]

where
as in the place in which....

[Arksided]

were is past tense... as in 'we were upto no good'. Where however is the location.

[Peter Pedant]

// Informally, the usage is declining // were - subjunctive

Chas Dickens uses "if I was you"
BUT as someone said - Dickens wasnt above using the vernacular esp in direct speech

I cringe at "if I was" - as it is associated with future advice - and so a past tense (was) is used with future intent ( will) - eek !
it doesnt outrage other people

[Tilly2]

If I were you, I'd use 'where' in that sentence.

[DTCwordfan]

I KEEP six honest serving-AB women
(They taught me on GMEB all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I sent them over the AB land and trollish sea,
I send them to East Anglia and Boatyland
But after they have harangued me,
I give them all a rest on the AB steppyland.

I let them rest from nine pm till five am.
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry AB women.
But different folk have different views;
on their breakfast needs.
Minty keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!

Minty sends'em flobadobbing abroad on her affairs,
From the second the Edinburgh lass opens her eyes—
And Ummmm - One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!

Does this help you solve this conerrbumdrum?
I hope so.

[jourdain2]

Nice one DTC! :o) I hesitated to bring the subjunctive into the thread. By the way, have you seen the one on Arts re: crosshatching? You may be able to help there.

[Prudie]

Isn't AB wonderful! When I first read this I thought how could anybody really think it could be were - and yet such deep discussion follows!