What does the 'were' mean in werewolf?
112318
The wer- or were- in wer(e)wulf means "man"; it is related to Latin vir with the same meaning
405213
Well, like I have said before we are either, Zombies, Werewolves, Mechanical Animals, Vampires, Fire Breathing Dragons, or Fairies, take your pick.\nVampires- Those with the ability to suck the life out of others, come on you know who those people are.\nZombies-Those who live life, just to live, the mundane, the dull and boring.\nFairies- The freakin happy go lucky, to much patchouli wearing, freaks, you know who they are.\nFire Breathing Dragons- Your Boss, your ex, your enemy, and sometimes yourself.\nWerewolves- The crazy's, the pill poppers who go nuts, the people who only come out at night.\nMechanical Animals-Those who do whatever they are told, when they are told.\nIs that a good enough answer for you?
1183216
they would = they'd (no L in the contraction)\n\nThe comma comes after disgusted.  "Looking disgusted" is a prepositional phrase.
867699
Was and Were are both passe tense\nwas is a singlar past tense and were is a more piural\n\n-she was here - refers to one \n-they where here - refers to more than one \n\nis and are can be use differently\nin present tense\n\n-Is she doing her homework-refers to one \n-Are they doing their homework-refers to more than one
731618
Hmmmm interesting. Sorry, not up on my latin. Sounds like you want to seduce a vampire or something. Is that accurate?
335945
It is a word that takes the place of a possessive noun. for example, instead of "Emily's jacket", you could write "her jacket". Possessive pronouns include his, her, and its, but there might be more
347852
Villain, since apparently that magically gets capitalized and is, therefore, a very important noun. Who knew! I sure didn't. Better alert my English class!
144439
Be, Being, Been, Am, Are, Is, Was, Were,
837155
Hope this helps...\n\nLycanthropy\n\n1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf\n2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic \n\n"Modern research has shown that Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest monarch that Babylon, or perhaps the East generally, ever produced. He must have possessed an enormous command of human labor, nine-tenths of Babylon itself, and nineteen-twentieths of all the other ruins that in almost countless profusion cover the land, are composed of bricks stamped with his name. He appears to have built or restored almost every city and temple in the whole country. His inscriptions give an elaborate account of the immense works which he constructed in and about Babylon itself, abundantly illustrating the boast, 'Is not this great Babylon which I have build?'" Rawlinson, Hist. Illustrations.\n\nAfter the incident of the "burning fiery furnace" (Dan. 3) into which the three Hebrew confessors were cast, Nebuchadnezzar was afflicted with some peculiar mental aberration as a punishment for his pride and vanity, probably the form of madness known as lycanthropy (i.e, "the change of a man into a wolf"). A remarkable confirmation of the Scripture narrative is afforded by the recent discovery of a bronze door-step, which bears an inscription to the effect that it was presented by Nebuchadnezzar to the great temple at Borsippa as a votive offering on account of his recovery from a terrible illness. (See DANIEL.)
1169850
Well, <are> and <is> are verbs (different forms of the same verb actually), and <of> is a preposition...\n\nAnd that would be their "category"
696629
"There is a few...?" is incorrect because when you are saying "few" you are talking about more than one and "are" is the correct linking verb for more than one. "is" means /one/ thing.
1045828
were is correct.  It's not singular or plural but fact (I was here yesterday) versus contrary to fact (if I were). "if I were" is fairly formal language, that is why many responders don't actually know how to use it correctly.  As another person said, your statement is wordy, but grammatically perfect.
424447
your friend has a problem she barely shares to anyone(a dark secret perhaps). the wolf represents the problem, now you say it was growling and showing its teeth, this means whatever the problem is, it will have a major impact to your friends life, about the stone, you are trying to help your friend solve the problem but she has second thoughts about something, eventually the problem would be solved. not sure if you are the one who solved it
1170035
it was a quote from revelations. the number of the beast will be a human number, its number is six hundred sixty six.\n\nat the time of the writing of the book, nero caesar was in power. if you took the letters in his name (roman alphabet) and used them as hebrew characters, they werent letters any more, they were numbers. they added up to 666. when the book was written, you couldnt publicly speak out about the government, you'd be jailed. so, it was a clever way to say that he was "the beast that would destroy the world" without getting caught.
966994
This is quite correct grammatically.\n\nThe form 'being' is a GERUND. This is a type of verbal noun produced by using the -ing ending on a verb.\n\nFor example: I enjoy sleeping. 'sleeping' is a GERUND, the action is a noun but is created from a verb. This is a widely unknown term that is used in everyday speech frequently. (Same with the subjunctive mood)
525827
You must say "one does".\n\n"If I were a bird" is a different situation--"were" is the correct subjunctive form of "to be", although many people just use the simple past to express that idea. (If I was a bird)
115766
The meaning of 'twas - it was