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Voytaszek Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
As if
What's the difference in the meaning here?
He's behaving as if he was a policeman.
He's beahving as if he is a policeman.
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Voytaszek He's behaving as if he was a policeman. He is behaving like an ex-policeman. Voytaszek He's beahving as if he is a policeman.
- Voytaszek He's behaving as if he was a policeman.
- He is behaving like an ex-policeman.
- Voytaszek He's beahving as if he is a policeman.
- He is behaving like a policeman.
- [Note: you could say this about a real policeman who has, perhaps, been known not to behave properly, as much as somebody who is not a policeman at all, or about someone who is maybe an auxiliary stepping up in a crisis; it does not necessarily imply the chap isn't a policeman.
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VoytaszekHe's behaving as if he was a policeman.
He is behaving like an ex-policeman.
VoytaszekHe's beahving as if he is a policeman.
He is behaving like a policeman. [Note: you could say this about a real policeman who has, perhaps, been known not to behave properly, as much as somebody who is not a policeman at a
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