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SSY Jung Posted 12 years ago
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as if

Dear members

"she acted as if nothing important had happened."

Could I change the sentence above like this showing below?

" In fact, something important had happened to her"

Thanks in advance.
SSY
  

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" In fact, something important had happened to her" That's not changing the sentence. You can certainly add that, however. But it is not necessary to add that because the first part implies the second part.

— CalifJim

  • " In fact, something important had happened to her" That's not changing the sentence.
  • You can certainly add that, however.
  • But it is not necessary to add that because the first part implies the second part.
  • She acted as if nothing important had happened, but in fact, something important had happened to her.
  • CJ
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SSY Jung"she acted as if nothing important had happened."Could I change the sentence above like this showing below?" In fact, something important had happened to her"
That's not changing the sentence. You can certainly add that, however. But it is not necessary to add that because the first part implies the second part.

She acted as if not
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