What is the right way to say?
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- Какое число было вчера?
- Вчера было первое ноября.
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VERB <= NOUN №1
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When we need to decide about the form of a verb, we have to check the noun in Nominative case (form №1).
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Thus, in the question the noun №1 is “число”, оно (neuter). Therefore we use the verb in neuter: “было”.
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In the answer the noun №1 is absent, but it’s implied. The whole structure of the sentence is made such a way as if there were the noun “число” (№1, оно) in it. Therefore we use the verb in neuter: “было”.
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ATTENTION: “вчера” is not a noun at all. It’s an adverb and it’s neither feminine nor masculine nor neuter and never influences the form of a verb.
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