About "as though"

Well, first please tell us what you understand as the meaning of 'as though' and why you don't understand that.

I understand it as almost the same as "as if": "seem like (but it's maybe not true)."
The reason why I don't understand it is: the meaning of "though" doesn't seem to me to connect with the meaning of "as though."

moominpapathe meaning of "though" doesn't seem to me to connect with the meaning of "as though."

It doesn't connect. That's why it seems as though it doesn't connect. That's fairly common in English, though.

If you look up "vain" and "in vain", you'll see that the meaning of "vain" doesn't seem to connect with the meaning of "in

moominpapaI understand it as almost the same as "as if": "seem like (but it's maybe not true)."The reason why I don't understand it is: the meaning of "though" doesn't seem to me to connect with the meaning of "as though."

See http://dictionary.

It doesn't connect. That's why it seems as though it doesn't connect. That's fairly common in English, though.

If you look up "vain" and "in vain", you'll see that the meaning of "vain" doesn't seem to connect with the meaning of "in vain". In these cases you need to learn a two-word combination as if it were just a single word with its own meaning.

See http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/as-if-and-as-though .

It's kind of you. Thank you.

moominpapais there a difference between as if and as though?

I can think of none.

CJ

Which is to say, you use the both in almost the same way?

moominpapaWhich is to say, you use the both of them in almost the same way?

Exactly the same way. Not "almost."

I could think of no difference, either, but just to be sure, I did a fruitless check on the internet.:

Garner in Modern American Usage (p 67) has an entry on this.

Attempts to distinguish between these idioms have proved futile. Euphony should govern the choice of phrase.

He then goes on to state: One plausible distinction is that 'as if' often sugge