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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
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01i00He often 01font00behaves02font00 as if he 01font00were02font00 a famous actor.02i02br
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00The above sentence is correct, isn't it? What if the tense changes to past? The sentence below is corrrect?02br
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01i00He 01font00behaved02font00 as if he 01font00were02font00 a famaus actor.02i02br
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01i00He 01font00behaved 02font00as if he 01font00had been02font00 a famaus acotr.　02i00I think this sounds odd.02br
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1font00Hi LiJ,02font02br
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01i00He often 01font00behaves02font00 as if he 01font00were02font00 a famous actor.-----01font00This is a subjunctive form which means though he 01u00is not02u00
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0See some valuable (not necessarily because I was involved in them05400) previous threads:02br
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01i001, He 01font00behaved02font00 as if he 01font00were02font00 a famaus actor.02i02br
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0 1 has simultaneity, 2 precedence. Different things. 02br
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0Thank you Marius. I understand.0-
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0 See some valuable (not necessarily because I was involved in them05000) previous threads: 02br
01font00Why do you say so Marius?I really like your explanations.02font00 030src/emoticons/emotion-1.gif
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