Not not necessarily. One can say that "was" in that context referring to how someone said something and it not indicate that the thing they "were" is no longer what they are.
I think it's because in English we don't differentiate much between past completed and past continuous. For example, if one of you from here were to see me in the street and speak to me, you might say "I didn't know you were a redhead!" and this could mean two things: one, that you didn't know that I was once a redhead, or two: that you didn't know I currently had red hair until you saw me.
It's the context that gives the correct application, rather than the verb tense. I tend to assume this is why English is considered an awful language to learn ![]()





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