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I wasn't firm vs I wasn't firmed

The correct phrase is 'I wasn't firm.' 'Firm' is an adjective that describes the state of being strong, solid, or resolute. 'Firmed' is not commonly used in this context.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 953 views

I wasn't firm

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express that someone was not resolute, strong, or solid in a decision or action.
  • The book project isn't firm yet...
  • I was scapegoated by this firm.
  • On late payments, recently in my home town of Chester, I was approached by a small firm which was suffering cash-flow problems as a result of a big firm paying late.
  • If you aren't firm, don't get me into the troubles.
  • I was also bothered about the firm.
  • I was a paralegal at a law firm.
  • I was very firm about that.
  • I was wrong before when I said no firm would hire you.
  • I was glad when you got the job at the firm.
  • I was comparing Lockhart/Gardner to a dozen other firms.
  • I was the best lawyer you had at that firm.
  • I was a controller in a taxi firm.
  • I was talking to Hannah Morris, - back from the old firm.
  • And you thought I was using firm money to finance a pied-de-terre for extramarital activities.
  • Once I was disbarred, my firm confiscated everything.
  • I was told you had more imagination than other blokes in the big firms.
  • I was advising my client, the firm.
  • You once told me I was the firm.
  • I was trying to make the firm money.
  • I was actually a big power broker at a huge financial firm.

I wasn't firmed

This phrase is not correct in this context. 'Firmed' is not commonly used as an adjective to describe a person's state of being resolute or strong.

  • I want that alibi either firmed up or shot down.
  • And now the suspension's been firmed up but I can make it soft again by pushing that.
  • For an hour to ensure the clotting is complete and the weak tissue has fully firmed up.
  • Secondly, 'mainstreaming' is an empty expression which needs to be firmed up.
  • I don't know. I thought everyone was firmed up.
  • I don't know. I thought everyone was firmed up.
  • But if you ride a bump like that in the sort of hunkered-down, firmed-up cars that he drives...
  • I believe that things have been firmed up and criteria set and published for the next three years, from 2002 to the end of the programme.
  • Well, have you firmed up cause of death?
  • I also support her call for the status of NGOs to be firmed up, so that they too can address existing problems in the Member States more effectively and efficiently.
  • As regards reception of persons by the Member States, the Commission proposal only talks about Community solidarity, but this concept needs to be firmed up in the spirit of Article 63(2)(b) of the Treaty.
  • Fourthly, we have firmed up the role of the regulatory authorities and allowed them to delegate all or part of the provisions to regional regulatory bodies.
  • The category 'acceptable' that has been created is nothing but an excuse for covering up the fact that the standards have not been seriously firmed up.
  • But I was - I was downhill and I was - ias - I was coasting, ma'am.
  • When I was just one person, before I was with Bobby I was collecting onto me more garbage every day till I was thinking that I should get a disposal.
  • I was always Daphne when I was little.
  • I wasn't even in Istanbul after I was dismissed.
  • I was on my knees and I was hallucinating.
  • I was disbarred automatically after I was convicted of a felony.
  • I was here for five years before I was called.

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