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Angliholic Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Act/behave/pretend as if nothing had happened
Each member of the family was trying to act as nothing had happened.
Hi,
Is "act" in the above interchangeable with behave and pretend without making a change in meaning? Thanks.
Hi,
Is "act" in the above interchangeable with behave and pretend without making a change in meaning? Thanks.
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Hi, Each member of the family was trying to act as if/though nothing had happened. Is "act" in the above interchangeable with behave and pretend without making a change in meaning? Generally speaking, yes.
- Hi, Each member of the family was trying to act as if/though nothing had happened.
- Is "act" in the above interchangeable with behave and pretend without making a change in meaning?
- Generally speaking, yes.
- You act/behave as if/though .
- .
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Hi,
Each member of the family was trying to act as if/though nothing had happened.
Is "act" in the above interchangeable with behave and pretend without making a change in meaning?
Generally speaking, yes.
Each member of the family was trying to act as if/though nothing had happened.
Is "act" in the above interchangeable with behave and pretend without making a change in meaning?
Generally speaking, yes.
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Thanks, Clive.
To make sure I've got it right, which one of the following should I say?
Each member of the family was trying to pretend that nothing had happened.
Each member of the family was trying to pretend that nothing happened.
To make sure I've got it right, which one of the following should I say?
Each member of the family was trying to pretend that nothing had happened.
Each member of the family was trying to pretend that nothing happened.
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