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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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I have a big problem and don't know how to do. I have a sentence. It is: The room was too small that i felt as if i were in a lift. I think that the right sentence is .....i had been in a lift because he/she was in a small room(it is the fact) so it can't be"were" here, right? I don't know why so i need your help. Could you help me to analyse and explain? thank you in advance
  

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Anonymous The room was too small that i felt as if i were in a lift The fact is that you're not in a lift, so the proposition is hypothetical. ) The room was so small that I felt as if I were in a lift.

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  • Anonymous The room was too small that i felt as if i were in a lift The fact is that you're not in a lift, so the proposition is hypothetical.
  • ) The room was so small that I felt as if I were in a lift.
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AnonymousThe room was too small that i felt as if i were in a lift
The fact is that you're not in a lift, so the proposition is hypothetical. Use the subjunctive "were." (It is NOT past tense.)

The room was so small that I felt as if
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AnonymousThe room was too so small that I felt as if I were in a lift.
Correct as shown. Also possible: as if I was in a lift.
AnonymousI think that the right sentence is .....i had been in a li
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