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Can "weren't" be used in reference to a singular noun?
In dialects of Northern England, especially the Yorkshire dialect, this is normal. It's fairly common to hear:
"I were going home."
"He were in t' pub."
and sometimes
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Can "weren't" be used in reference to a singular noun?
Non-standard and/or regional dialects of English often contain older grammatical forms which, by virtue of being "older forms," may be closer to older English, which in turn is sometimes ...
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Feel confused about the use of "seem" or "seems" in these two sentences
TL;DR: In cases like yours, either version is correct; the plural form seem is what we would expect, but the singular seems is a common alternative. (My source for the following analysis is The ...
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