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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
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As if
1. So far, it has appeared as if most classes we have seen do not have a superclass. (Is 'do' incorrect here? I should use past tense for 'as if'' to make the statement false?)
2. So far, it has appeared as if most classes we have seen did not have a superclass.
Thanks.
2. So far, it has appeared as if most classes we have seen did not have a superclass.
Thanks.
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Hello Jack I can't understand the meaning of 'most classes do not have a superclass'. What do you mean by 'a superclass'? As far as I know, a superclass is a term used in biological taxonomy to mean a category blow a division but above a class.
- Hello Jack I can't understand the meaning of 'most classes do not have a superclass'.
- What do you mean by 'a superclass'?
- As far as I know, a superclass is a term used in biological taxonomy to mean a category blow a division but above a class.
- paco
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Hello Jack
I can't understand the meaning of 'most classes do not have a superclass'. What do you mean by 'a superclass'? As far as I know, a superclass is a term used in biological taxonomy to mean a category blow a division but above a class.
paco
I can't understand the meaning of 'most classes do not have a superclass'. What do you mean by 'a superclass'? As far as I know, a superclass is a term used in biological taxonomy to mean a category blow a division but above a class.
paco
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Paco2004Hello Jack
I can't understand the meaning of 'most classes do not have a superclass'. What do you mean by 'a superclass'? As far as I know, a superclass is a term used in biological taxonomy to mean a category blow a division but above a class.
paco
I agree that the original post was not clear in its meaning.
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Oops.. I should correct "blow" to "below". Sorry for the typo.
paco
paco
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1. He behaved as if it were nothing to be shamed of. (Why isn't this one using past perfect? This is a past tense setence? What would it mean if past perfect was used compared to just past?)
2. He holds his haead forward as if he has hit it too often on low doorways. (How come I can use present perfect here? Shouldn't this be 'if he hit it too often..' ?)
3. She treats him
2. He holds his haead forward as if he has hit it too often on low doorways. (How come I can use present perfect here? Shouldn't this be 'if he hit it too often..' ?)
3. She treats him
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Hello Paco2004,
I guess Jack is studying an object oriented programming language, probably JAVA. In terms of Java language, a class is nothing but a text file that contains sequence of Java statements. According to the inhertiance theory of object oriented programming, a child class/subclass inherits/extends a superclass/parent class, and the child class will inherit all properties of pa
I guess Jack is studying an object oriented programming language, probably JAVA. In terms of Java language, a class is nothing but a text file that contains sequence of Java statements. According to the inhertiance theory of object oriented programming, a child class/subclass inherits/extends a superclass/parent class, and the child class will inherit all properties of pa
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Hello Krish
Thank you for the info. If 'superclass' is used that way, I think we might say "most of the classes we have seen do not belong to the category of superclasses" instead of "most classes we have seen do not have a superclasses". Though I don’t know much about IT, I feel the languages used in that field use common English words in peculiar ways. So I think sentences extracted fr
Thank you for the info. If 'superclass' is used that way, I think we might say "most of the classes we have seen do not belong to the category of superclasses" instead of "most classes we have seen do not have a superclasses". Though I don’t know much about IT, I feel the languages used in that field use common English words in peculiar ways. So I think sentences extracted fr
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Jack112
1. He behaved as if it were nothing to be shamed of. (Why isn't this one using past perfect? This is a past tense setence? What would it mean if past perfect was used compared to just past?)
2. He holds his haead forward as if he has hit it too often on low doorways. (How come I can use present perfect here? Shouldn't this be 'if he hit it too
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Scenario: This is what happened yesterday.
1. I was reading the notes but I didn't understand it at all as if I had not been in the course. (With 'had not been' does it mean that I felt like that yesterday? It does not say anything about today?)
2. I was reading the notes but I didn't understand it at all as if I was not in the course. (With 'was' does it mean you a
1. I was reading the notes but I didn't understand it at all as if I had not been in the course. (With 'had not been' does it mean that I felt like that yesterday? It does not say anything about today?)
2. I was reading the notes but I didn't understand it at all as if I was not in the course. (With 'was' does it mean you a
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So far, it has appeared as if most classes we have seen do not have a superclass."as if" is equivalent to "that", so why would the past be required?
So far, it [appears / has appeared] [that / as if] most classes we have seen do not have a superclass.
"to seem as if" has the same properties as "to appear as if".
CJ
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