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I just were like friends vs I were just like friends

Both phrases are incorrect. The correct form should be 'I was just like friends.' The verb 'was' should be used instead of 'were' because the subject 'I' is singular. Additionally, the preposition 'like' should come after 'just.'

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 562 views

I just were like friends

This phrase is incorrect. The verb 'were' is not the correct form to use with the subject 'I.'

The correct form should be 'I was just like friends.'
  • I just don't see how it's possible for any guy to be just friends with you.
  • Beautiful people are never just friends.
  • If she was injected with a sedative, the kidnappers might just look like friends or family helping someone who was feeling ill.
  • I just make friends, trying to stop him from deporting my brother.
  • I just wanted your friends to like me.
  • O'malley, I just sliced my friend's chest open.
  • I just watched my friend go down in the water.
  • It's that I just watched my friend get buried.
  • I guess I just miss my friends.
  • I just met your friend Paul.
  • I just saw your friend karen outside.
  • I just buried a friend, Colonel.
  • I don't flirt with everyone; I just like making friends.
  • I just texted my friend Kamal.
  • You know, I just left your friend Napier.
  • No, I just wish my friend Toni was here to see this 'cause we always dreamed about being boulevardiers.
  • I just signaled our friends at Volkov-Rusi.
  • It has to be love and just so you know, I can't go back to being just friends anymore, - because I just can't.
  • I just think that you and I should, you know, be... just friends.
  • Just friends... a friend date.

Alternatives:

  • I was just like friends.

I were just like friends

This phrase is also incorrect. The verb 'were' is not the correct form to use with the subject 'I.'

The correct form should be 'I was just like friends.'
  • You and I were just friends for four years.
  • Billy, you and I were just friends.
  • I wonder if I should tell him that Zoe and I were just friends.
  • I thought we could start our own life here, where we were just two outlaws that are just like friends and doing!
  • You told me that you two were just friends.
  • I thought you and Travis were just friends.
  • We were just friends from high school.
  • When we first starting hanging out, we were just friends.
  • Your parents were just friends of the victim.
  • But you said you were just friends.
  • I thought you were just friends.
  • But you and Adam were just friends.
  • I told her we were just friends.
  • 'Kay, he says they were just friends.
  • Okay, say you were just friends.
  • I'm telling you, we were just friends.
  • Okay, say you were just friends.
  • I thought you said you and Jane were just friends.
  • You said you were just friends with my father.
  • Stacy told a group of paparazzi that we were just friends.

Alternatives:

  • I was just like friends.

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