When did you buy this card? vs When were you buy this card?

The correct phrase is "When did you buy this card?" The second phrase, "When were you buy this card?", is incorrect in English.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 698 views

When did you buy this card?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct way to ask about the time of purchase of the card. It uses the past simple form of the verb "buy" (did you buy).

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Can I buy your phone card?
When are we offering our low-interest Buy More credit cards?
We should go buy thank-you cards?
When are we offering our low-interest Buy More credit cards?
Did you buy one of my trading cards?
Did you buy this weird soap?
Nick, when exactly did you buy this home?
Did you buy this record here?
Where... Did you buy this stuff?
When did you buy that ring for your fiancée?
Mum, when did you buy those walkies?
When did you buy it, Mr Masterson?
When did you buy an army jacket?
When did you buy all this stuff?
It's smoother than the skin of the Tofu Beauty. Friend, did you buy this at Yim's.
Lois, why did you buy this?
Did you buy this for me to study?
Where and when did you buy that?
When did you buy the bird, Mr. Ballard?
Did you buy this baby piano for Hsiao-yu?

When were you buy this card?

This phrase is incorrect in English.

The use of "were you buy" is grammatically incorrect. Instead, the correct form should be "When did you buy this card?"

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Can I buy your phone card?
When are we offering our low-interest Buy More credit cards?
We should go buy thank-you cards?
When are we offering our low-interest Buy More credit cards?
You buy any using Corporal Armstrong's credit card?
Did you buy one of my trading cards?
And the same thing is true of, if you buy this laptop or you buy this computer - and even in these wireless eras, you don't get to live in the world without cords.
Why'd you buy this giant clown wine?
Did you buy this weird soap?
Nick, when exactly did you buy this home?
Did you buy this record here?
All right, suppose you buy this is the future.
You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months.
Then why would you buy this house?
Seriously, OK, you buy this car and then Ferrari keep it at the factory.
Where... Did you buy this stuff?
Seriously, OK, you buy this car and then Ferrari keep it at the factory.
Come on, don't tell me you buy this perfect image.
Why do you buy this boy, anyway?
You buy this place, all you got is a big building that squirts water.

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When did you buy this card? vs When were you buy this card?