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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
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as if has been / had been

0(a) He talks as if he has been to New York. 02br
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00(b) He talks as if he had been to New York. 02br
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00Hi!02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Pructus12cite 10(a) He talks as if he has been to New York. 12br 12br 10(b) He talks as if he had been to New York. Both correct?

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Pructus12cite 10(a) He talks as if he has been to New York.
  • 12br 12br 10(b) He talks as if he had been to New York.
  • Both correct?
  • or only one is correct?
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01cite10Pructus12cite10(a) He talks as if he has been to New York. 12br
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10(b) He talks as if he had been to New York. 12br
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10Hi!Both correct? or only one is correct? 12br
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10Both.12br
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0From my understanding, 'as if' should be followed by past tense because it refers to something that is unreal. So, I think only (b) is correct. 0-
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0 a) If it seems 01b00possible02b00 that he has been to NYC (he talks like a man who has indeed been to NYC). 02br
00 b) If it's 01b00impossible (counterfactual)02b00 that he has been to NYC. 02br
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00 Mark Israell says: 02br
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00 The 01b00past subjunctive02b
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0Hey Marius 05002br
00I was going to answer, but your post kept changing... I was so confused! (I guess you were still editing it)02br
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00Maybe you first wrote that b) was the right answer, but now I see you think a) is the right one, which is what I wanted to say. You also posted the reason.02br
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0OK, now you have a more complete answer050010id1
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01cite10Pructus12cite10(a) He talks as if he has been to New York. 12br
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10(b) He talks as if he had been to New York. 12br
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10Hi! Both correct? or only one is correct? 12br
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10Sentence a. indicates that he has probably been to New York, whereas b. signifies that he
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0Many thanks to you all....02br
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00- Pructus0-
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0I'm kind of confused02br
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01i00He01b00 talked02b00 as if he 01b00were02b00 a New Yorker.02i00 ( The speaker doesn't believe he is a New Yorker)02br
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00So, what is the right sentence in past tense that shows the speaker believe he is a New Yorker?02br
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0You changed it again, Marius! 05002br
00 But now it's not as clear as before that it should be a), and not b) --- (at least in that context)02br
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01cite10Pructus12cite10(a) He talks as if he has been to New York. 12br
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10(b) He talks as if he had been to New York. 12br
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0 01i00>He01b00 talked02b00 as if he 01b00were02b00 a New Yorker.02i00 ( The speaker doesn't believe he is a New Yorker)02br
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00 No, this is more about 01i00other02i00 people knowing for a fact that he was/is 01b00not02b00 a New Yorker, even though he pre
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