https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/How+good+were+they%3F
How good is (someone or something)? A phrase indicating one's enthusiasm or appreciation for someone or something. Wow, how good was that chicken? I'm going to go get another helping! A: "How good is that show?" b: "I know, I binged the whole first season over the weekend!"

https://www.historynet.com/how-good-were-they-april-97-american-history-feature/
In an age of unlettered, rough-neck ballplayers, a gangling shortstop from Florida named John Henry Lloyd, whose foulest oath was "Gosh bob it!", was the gentleman of black baseball, much as Christy Mathewson was the model gentleman of white baseball at that time. Lloyd scooped up ground balls, dirt and all.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/where-vs-were/
The word were is one of the past tense forms (along with was) of the irregular verb be. Were is used with all plural subjects as well as the pronouns you and they (regardless of whether they are being used as singular or plural). For example: The deer were in the yard this morning. They were good, but you were better!

https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jun/28/2024-presidential-debate-fact-check-biden-trump/
Biden: Trump said, "I don't want to go in (a World War I cemetery in France), because they're a bunch of losers and suckers." Trump called this a "made-up quote." Both statements need context.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/was-vs-were/
Our table reveals something delightful: Whether you're trying to use the simple past or the subjunctive, you can't go wrong when choosing were with the second person singular (you), the third person generic singular (they), the first person plural (we), the second person plural (you), or the third person plural (they).We need to choose between was and were only for the first person

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/smarter-living/why-we-romanticize-the-past.html
This may mean embellishing our memories with imaginative elements, or omitting details we'd rather not dwell on. "We know that memory and imagination interact enormously," Dr. de Brigard

https://oneminuteenglish.org/they-was-or-they-were/
Non-Binary They. According to Merriam Webster, you should also use "they were" for people who prefer to use the pronoun "they" instead of "he or she". Conor is the main writer here at One Minute English and was an English teacher for 10 years. He is interested in helping people with their English skills and learning about using A.I

https://www.learnenglishteam.com/how-to-use-was-vs-were-correctly-example-sentences/
Example sentences with Were: The birds were singing in the trees. We were planting flowers in the garden. They were building a sandcastle at the beach. The students were listening carefully in class. Our friends were waiting for us at the cafe. The cookies were baking in the oven. The cars were honking in the busy street. We were swimming in the cool lake. The books were neatly stacked on the

https://twominenglish.com/they-was-or-they-were/
The correct form to use is "They were". In English, when talking about more than one person or thing, we use "were" with the pronoun "they". This rule applies no matter the context. For example, you would say, "They were happy to see me," not "They was happy to see me.". The use of "was" is only correct with singular

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Five-Good-Emperors
Five Good Emperors, the ancient Roman imperial succession of Nerva (reigned 96-98 ce), Trajan ... All these changes, inevitable and, in some degree, beneficial, as they were, brought with them the attendant evils of excessive centralization. Although these were hardly felt while the central authority was wielded by vigorous rulers, even under

https://writingexplained.org/was-vs-were-difference
Were is used in the second person singular and plural (you, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they).. The forms that was and were will take in your sentence are summarized in the chart below,. Singular = I was, You were, He was, She was, It was. Plural = We were, You were, They were. I was driving to the park. You were drinking some water. He was about to eat dinner.

https://wordcounter.net/blog/2016/03/21/101072_when-to-use-was-versus-were.html
In each of the pairs of sentences above, the first one refers to something that actually happened in the past, and the word "was" is the correct choice. The second sentence is a wish or a speculation - it refers to an event that did not actually happen, and "were" is the correct choice. They were the winning team, so they celebrated

https://ludwig.guru/s/they+are+actually+good
1. The Guardian. Pinafore dresses are a bit of a thing right now and they are actually good for all weathers: if it's hot, wear them as is; if it's cold, stick a jumper underneath. 2. The Guardian - Lifestyle. As with all Thanko products, I don't know what they are actually good for, but in case you really want the lightoscope, wait until they

https://academic.oup.com/fmls/article/49/2/154/594677
There are crimes in Lispector, but they are used mainly for their symbolic value, as vehicles and correlatives of guilt and inner conflicts. We can see this in the jumbling of the serious and the trivial, and in the incommensurateness of the malevolent acts and their paltry objects that define some of the 'crimes' in Lispector's fiction. 2

https://apnews.com/article/cnn-debate-biden-trump-tapper-bash-ccff5a67e0dfbbb650b78a087ce268e6
NEW YORK (AP) — To a large extent, it almost didn't matter that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper were on stage. The two CNN journalists prepared meticulously to moderate Thursday's presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the first ever between a sitting president and his predecessor, and asked several sharp questions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/wsdsgv/how_do_we_prove_or_disprove_they_were_good/
That gets us into a whole other philosophy-of-history discussion! I answered a question on this some time ago.In it, I quote Annette Gordon-Reed, probably the preeminent historian on Sally Hemings: To ensure that everyone gets the vital message that the rape of black women was endemic to slavery, the no-possible-consent rule says that whether Jefferson used force or charm on Hemings is of no

https://thetourguy.com/travel-blog/italy/rome/who-were-the-five-good-emperors-and-what-made-them-so-great/
A new phase in the Empire commenced known among historians as the period of The Five Good Emperors. These emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. Traditionally, historians have considered the period of time comprised between AD 96 - AD 180 as one of the peaks of Roman history.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/trump-debate-performance-falsehoods.html
Mr. Biden got in a few licks, including some of the debate's more memorable moments. He said Mr. Trump had the "morals of an alley cat" and accused him of having sex with a porn star while

https://thinkaboutsuchthings.com/the-good-and-bad-kings-of-the-bible/
Types Of Kings: The Good And Bad Kings Of The Bible. There were as many types of kings as there were kings in the Bible. We will look at them as "good" and "bad," but it's essential to notice that many of these kings were righteous and good, and the nation prospered under their rule, but they all failed in some way.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/can-democrats-replace-joe-biden-ballot-rcna159374
Of course, they were chosen to be delegates because of their loyalty to Biden and have pledged to support him at the convention. But, unlike many Republican delegates, Democratic delegates aren

https://www.myrareguitars.com/the-beatles-really-that-good
Beatles for Sale: the Beatles are by now tired and pressed for time and a bit fed up - thus the title. Between a concert tour in the U.S. and one in the U.K. they had all of five weeks to put together and record this album. Luckily they could lean heavily on successful covers they sang on stage in their Hamburg days.

https://www.gotquestions.org/God-saw-that-it-was-good.html
The term rendered "very good" is hennah tov, which could be translated as "certainly good" or "surely good." It is noteworthy that the word good is never actually defined in the Bible—the concept is simply assumed. It does seem, though, that the kind of good referenced in Genesis 1 is a good in the qualitative sense of functionality.

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2024/06/29/texas-rangers-corey-seager-injury-wrist-hand-update-josh-jung/
They may be in the midst of another The good: Seager's wrist X-rays after a HBP were negative. The bad: Texas continues to plummet in the standings with a sixth straight loss.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198783.They_Were_Strong_and_Good
3.48. 1,382 ratings278 reviews. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, They Were Strong and Good is a classic book that follows the path of one family's journey through American history. Robert Lawson introduces us to his forefathers and with them we brave Caribbean storms, travel to the wharf markets of New York, and fight in the Civil War.

https://archive.org/details/butweretheygoodf0000rose
But were they good for the Jews? : over 150 historical figures viewed from a Jewish perspective ... "As far as the Jewish people were concerned, were history's "good guys" really good? Were its "bad guys" truly villainous?" Includes over 150 men and women from ancient Greece to the modern day, among them: Emperor Claudius, Charlemagne, King

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1601n4/how_good_were_the_vikings_when_it_came_to_fighting/
One item of prestige for great men during the viking era was their personal hird. The hird were the personal guard of a great man. They were full-time professional soldiers who spent their days training, eating and having fun. The larger hird you had, the larger your personal prestige.

https://www.thecollector.com/who-were-the-five-good-emperors-ancient-rome/
Probably the most famous of them all are the so-called Five Good Emperors — the distinguished quintet that reigned between the first and second centuries CE. Their names — Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius — have been celebrated, past and present. At the start of their reigns, Rome was in danger of another civil war.

https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/35798/in-genesis-131-what-does-very-good-mean
The word "good" is "tov" which means to be in harmony with God. So throughout Gen 1, Elohim sees His creation as Tov; harmonizing with Him. But after creating man, we read in "Genesis 2:18: "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." In Hebrew Ezer k'negdo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/06/28/questions-answers-presidential-debate/
The debate in Atlanta offered voters a rare chance to see former president Donald Trump and President Biden face off in real time. The candidates answered questions first. Then it was our turn. We

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/readers/2024/06/28/joe-biden-impaired-debate-donald-trump-lies/74248390007/
After Thursday's presidential debate, Joe Biden's psychiatric and cognitive conditions are no longer merely a political issue. They are a national security issue. America's enemies now know