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flobadob | 18:09 Fri 16th Feb 2018 | Arts & Literature
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Can someone tell me if this is the correct use of the word 'were' or should it be 'where'?

Here are some images we got from a restaurant in London were they will be using our plates and chowder bowls to serve up their amazing food.

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'where'
Where
where
^^^ 'Where' refers to a place. 'Were' is a past tense of the verb To Be.
It's not actually a 'grammar' question - more just vocabulary or spelling.
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The thing is that it's not focusing on the fact that they will be used in London. It's more in the sense of, 'if I were to use those plates' . That's why I'm thinking it should be 'were', not 'where'.
Where

Where!
It would still be "a restaurant where...".
In that case you would have to re-write the whole sentence completely. As it stands, the subject is the images from the London restaurant and 'were' is impossible to use.
You could write instead...


Here are some images , our plates and bowls were used in this restaurant.
I can't see any case whatsoever for 'were', flobadob, whereas 'where' fits perfectly
The use of were as in 'If I were you...' is the conditional subjunctive - also called the second conditional.

It is a strict grammatical rule used for hypothetical situations.

Informally, the usage is declining - many people now say, "If he was taller, he would have made the team", instead of the correct version "If he were taller..."

The sentence you have offered is a clear example of a simple spelling issue.

If you are looking for examples of where it is correct to use 'were' in the subjunctive case, try these links:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/conditionals-1

http://www.grammar.cl/english/if-i-were-you.htm



where
as in the place in which....
were is past tense... as in 'we were upto no good'. Where however is the location.
// Informally, the usage is declining // were - subjunctive

Chas Dickens uses "if I was you"
BUT as someone said - Dickens wasnt above using the vernacular esp in direct speech

I cringe at "if I was" - as it is associated with future advice - and so a past tense (was) is used with future intent ( will) - eek !
it doesnt outrage other people
If I were you, I'd use 'where' in that sentence.
I KEEP six honest serving-AB women
(They taught me on GMEB all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I sent them over the AB land and trollish sea,
I send them to East Anglia and Boatyland
But after they have harangued me,
I give them all a rest on the AB steppyland.

I let them rest from nine pm till five am.
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry AB women.
But different folk have different views;
on their breakfast needs.
Minty keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!

Minty sends'em flobadobbing abroad on her affairs,
From the second the Edinburgh lass opens her eyes—
And Ummmm - One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!

Does this help you solve this conerrbumdrum?
I hope so.
Nice one DTC! :o) I hesitated to bring the subjunctive into the thread. By the way, have you seen the one on Arts re: crosshatching? You may be able to help there.
Isn't AB wonderful! When I first read this I thought how could anybody really think it could be were - and yet such deep discussion follows!

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