- Dec 31, 2007 ... I hear so many British saying I was sat waiting for an hour or I was stood in the rain. Isn't that grammatically wrong? Shouldn't it be: I was ...
- Feb 8, 2012 ... Is the dialect expression “He was sat ...” in place of “He was sitting ...”, which is quite common in the UK, also found in US English? When I first ...
- Oct 3, 2012 ... so why, oh why do many people say 'I was sat' or 'we're stood'? The answer's not clear, but my research shows that this usage (which used to ...
- I have observed that English people may say «was sat» in place of «was sitting». It appears to be a northern English idiom. In my opinion, it is used for humorous ...
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- Jan 30, 2014 ... But, in the second sentence he was sitting normally like any other person with/ without any compulsion. – hellodear Jan 30 '14 at 16:45 ...
- I was sitting you were sitting he was sitting we were sitting you were sitting they were sitting. Pluperfect. I had been sitting you had been sitting he had been ...
- Oct 3, 2012 ... I sit, I sat, sitting, sat, I am (or I'm) sitting, I was sitting. I stand, I stood, standing, stood, I am (or I'm) standing, I was standing. I jump, I jumped ...
- Dec 31, 2007 ... Shouldn't it be: I was sitting..., I was standing...? I have even heard broadcasters on the BBC use this seemingly incorrect form! Is there some ...
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