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the road was vs the roads wer on

These two phrases are not directly comparable as they seem to be fragments of different sentences. The first phrase "the road was" is a complete sentence fragment, while the second phrase "the roads wer on" seems to be incomplete and contains a typo ("wer" instead of "were").

Last updated: March 11, 2024

the road was

This phrase is correct as a sentence fragment describing a singular road in the past.

This phrase can be used to describe a singular road in the past tense. It is a complete sentence fragment.

Examples:

  • The road was long and winding.
  • The road was blocked by fallen trees.
  • The road was deserted at night.
  • On the Road was championed within Viking Press by Malcolm Cowley and was published ... The original scroll of On The Road was bought in 2001 by Jim Irsay  ...
  • "End of the Road" was released on June 30, 1992. ... at number-one broken by Whitney Houston, "End of the Road" was still the Hot 100 #1 single of the year.
  • According to country music historian Bill Malone, "Six Days on the Road" was not the first truck driving song; Malone credits "Truck Driver's Blues" by Cliff Bruner, ...
  • Published in 1957, On the Road was both a critical and commercial success. More importantly, it put Jack Kerouac, and the rest of his Beat buddies, squarely on ...

the roads wer on

This phrase is incorrect due to a typo ("wer" instead of "were") and the incomplete nature of the sentence.

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