Wear, Were, Where
Wear means to clothe, or be covered by. You wear suits to interviews and sweats to the gym. Wear is used to talk about the things we wear on our body, like clothes or jewelry. We even say that people wear their feelings. If someone tells you you’re wearing your heart on your sleeve, it’s totally obvious what you’re feeling. We also use wear to talk about deterioration over time. If you walk a lot, you will wear out your shoes faster. If you chatter on and on, your listener’s patience will wear thin.
Were rhymes with purr, stir, and her. Were is the past tense of the verb are. Look at this example of were used in a sentence:
In present tense, this sentence would say:
Since were means the same as the past tense of are in this sentence, it is the correct word to use. To test whether were is the correct word to use in a sentence, see if you can use are in its place, putting the sentence into the present tense. Where rhymes with scare, wear, and hair. Where refers to a place and often asks a question. Where means "in which place" or "to which place." Look at this example:
This sentence means:
Since where means in which place in this sentence, where is the correct word to use. Description from Vocabulary.com and Towson.edu) |