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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
2. A snow storm was coming up as if to meet the morning sun.?takes to-infinitive
3. He spoke in a low mumble, as if to himself.?takes a prepositional "to" phrase
4. She approached me as if by coincidence.?takes a prepositional "by" phrase
I'd like to know if by any chance,"as if" can take an adjective/ noun/ adverb.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Grammar
As if + a prepositional phrase/ a clause/ to-infintive
the structure as if~
1. He behaved as if nothing had happened.?takes a clause2. A snow storm was coming up as if to meet the morning sun.?takes to-infinitive
3. He spoke in a low mumble, as if to himself.?takes a prepositional "to" phrase
4. She approached me as if by coincidence.?takes a prepositional "by" phrase
I'd like to know if by any chance,"as if" can take an adjective/ noun/ adverb.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon I'd like to know if by any chance,"as if" can take an adjective/ noun/ adverb. He gazed at her as if stunned. But that may be a non-finite clause.
- park sang joon I'd like to know if by any chance,"as if" can take an adjective/ noun/ adverb.
- He gazed at her as if stunned.
- But that may be a non-finite clause.
- I cannot think of a noun or adverb in that position.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if by any chance,"as if" can take an adjective/ noun/ adverb.He gazed at her as if stunned.
But that may be a non-finite clause. I cannot think of a noun or adverb in that position.
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