<p>Whats more correct:</p>
<p>"They were debating about who should get the..."
"The were debating over who should get the..."</p>
<p>1st answer</p>
<p>The first one ,of course</p>
<p>I dunno they both seem right to me. Why can it not be the second one?</p>
<p>You forgot the “y” in the second they. Because “the were” makes no sense.</p>
<p>k but besides that why not the second one?</p>