Which of the following is correct?
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It was the memories he made that mattered.
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It were the memories he made that mattered.
cleftsgrammatical-numbersubjectsverb-agreement
Which of the following is correct?
It was the memories he made that mattered.
It were the memories he made that mattered.
Best Answer
Since "it" is singular, here "was" seems more appropriate. So the right sentence would be:
"were" is used with singular nouns/pronouns only when the sentence is in the SUBJUNCTIVE mood which is used for hypothetical situations. For example: