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Ardorado Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Can someone answer this question?
For subjunctive + as if, is it
He talked as if he had known her
or
He talks as if he had known her
?
He talked as if he had known her
or
He talks as if he had known her
?
Top answer
Hi, I prefer to use speak rather than talk in that kind of context. He spoke as if he had known her. -- Good.
- Hi, I prefer to use speak rather than talk in that kind of context.
- He spoke as if he had known her.
- -- Good.
- He speaks as if he had known her.
- -- No.
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Hi,
I prefer to use speak rather than talk in that kind of context.
He spoke as if he had known her. -- Good.
He speaks as if he had known her. -- No. He speaks as if he knew her.
He speaks as if he knows her is also grammatically correct, by the way.
Note that strict grammar rules do not really apply to that structure.
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I prefer to use speak rather than talk in that kind of context.
He spoke as if he had known her. -- Good.
He speaks as if he had known her. -- No. He speaks as if he knew her.
He speaks as if he knows her is also grammatically correct, by the way.
Note that strict grammar rules do not really apply to that structure.
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