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Today's Rant concerns the use of the words we're and were. I have tried my best to offer clear guidelines on how to use these words.

• We're: A contraction of the words we are. If you can restructure your sentence to say we are, than we're is the appropriate word to use. Examples: We are lost. We're lost. We are leaving. We're leaving.
• Were: Past tense of be. Used with plurals or with you. Use the above guide to decide if we're is appropriate, if not, were is probably correct. Examples: You were there? We were busy. What were you thinking?

This one was a little difficult, because even the dictionary wasn't all that clear on the meaning of were, but I did my best. I would love to hear more suggestions for the proper definition and use of were.

 Bookworm