Chances are, you’re familiar with one difference between was and were: the fact that was is the first- and third-person singular past tense form of…
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Your "you was" is a subjunctive statement, it's based on your idea of what you imagined or wished.
Thus your comment should have read, "you were quick to make......".
Bod plagiarised parts of an article to support his argument for compenstion for the drunken, destitute sailors that were press ganged.
He was careful to select only those parts that supported his view, and he omitted the parts that undermined his argument.