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Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
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Cecil
Member Since
April 25, 2011
Total number of comments
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4
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As it were
In my own humble opinion, which could be wrong...
If you mean something like "so to speak," you use, "as it were". E.g. No rest for the wicked, as it were.
But if you mean like "something in the past", then you say "as it was". E.g. Life, as it was. or School life, as it was.