when the subject is plural.
For instance:
Nine thousand people were trying to buy the same ten things on Black Friday.
I was trying to obtain a new laptop computer.
Fred and Joe were trying to obtain a new PlayStation 3 console.
So... if the subject is plural (more than one), use "were." Otherwise, use "was." There are a few exceptions, but that is the basic rule.
Were is used in two situations: first, as the past tense of are where the subject is plural; second, in the "subjunctive" mood, expressing a wish or a hypothetical. As past tense of are with a plural: * "All the students were present that day." vs. "The teacher was present that day" * "I was in the Army before I became a teacher." In the subjunctive: * "If I were a teacher, I would not be so mean." * "I wish I were taller." * "If I were you I'd take Mr. Miller's class instead." * "If I were a sixth-grader, I'd take home economics." Now, you can see that, in those examples of the subjunctive usage, the word was would be wrong. If I, a high-school graduate, were to say (there's that were again!) "If I was a sixth-grader, . . ." that would be silly, since there's no "if" about it; I certainly was once a sixth-grader. Careful speakers always use were correctly and thus create a good impression.
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