What's the difference between was and wert?

Was


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Be
  • (v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.

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Wert


Definition:

  • () The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with the ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn or poetic style.
  • (n.) A wart.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, they lose inhibitory effectiveness almost completely within a narrow zone centered at normal (1 X) levels (Pösö, A. R., Wert, J. J., Jr., and Mortimore, G.E.
  • (2) Spain's sports minister, Jose Wert, asked for "patience" given the long legal process that is likely to be ahead of the footballer.
  • (3) According to this evaluation only a single substance (methylmercury) is embryotoxic in man, a prenatal risk cannot be excluded for eight chemicals, and 18 chemicals are safe at occupational exposure limits (MAK-Werte).
  • (4) The law will regulate the rights to transmit first and second division games as well as the Copa del Rey and Super Cup competitions, the sports minister, José Ignacio Wert said.
  • (5) Next to his body was a Kalashnikov, a book on Salafism and an Islamic State flag,” said Thierry Werts, of the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office.
  • (6) For the first time exposure levels during pregnancy have been evaluated for industrial chemicals in the German list of "Maximal occupational exposure limits and biological tolerance levels of occupational chemicals 1985" (MAK-Werte-Liste).
  • (7) But preventing a child from inheriting a nasty disease gives them a more open future, not less, says Guido de Wert , professor of biomedical ethics at Maastricht University.
  • (8) Myocardial samples wert taken from the left ventricle and divided into four groups according to the number of spheres per sample.
  • (9) Wert said the Spanish leagues obtained “somewhat less than €800m” for the 2013-14 season from the worldwide sales of its audiovisual rights.
  • (10) Next to his body was a Kalashnikov, a book on Salafism and an Islamic State flag,” according to Thierry Werts, of the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office.
  • (11) "We should be honest and acknowledge that we are talking about genetic modification, that this changes the genome, and it may be transmitted to future generations," says de Wert.

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