query: Why is the "were" placed ahead?
positive_passages.docid: 149769
positive_passages.text: A special use of "should"?
negative_passages.docid: 77010
negative_passages.text: 'was' versus 'had been'
negative_passages.docid: 60584
negative_passages.text: "In back of'' vs. "back of" vs. the spatial sense of "behind" in AmE
negative_passages.docid: 125780
negative_passages.text: Use of comma following prepositional phrase
negative_passages.docid: 46474
negative_passages.text: Postpositions in English and "ago"
negative_passages.docid: 11309
negative_passages.text: Singular or plural following a list
negative_passages.docid: 117261
negative_passages.text: What is the correct word order in this sentence?
negative_passages.docid: 146767
negative_passages.text: Do I need to put “the” before “most” in this sentence?
negative_passages.docid: 18149
negative_passages.text: Subjunctive mood: 'was' usage after 'I wish' and 'if only'
negative_passages.docid: 126116
negative_passages.text: Use of "the" before the first part of Of-phrases
negative_passages.docid: 13015
negative_passages.text: When do we not put a comma before "because"?
negative_passages.docid: 18407
negative_passages.text: Must "first" be followed by "second"?
negative_passages.docid: 148617
negative_passages.text: If something was vs If something were
negative_passages.docid: 132176
negative_passages.text: Precedence of && over ||
negative_passages.docid: 86581
negative_passages.text: Use of "were to" in English grammar
negative_passages.docid: 77873
negative_passages.text: Confusion in using "due to"
negative_passages.docid: 128094
negative_passages.text: Using "was" vs "were" for "as if"