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Abdul Kaium Tanvir Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Conjunction

1.The floods were rising and it was as if it was the end of the world.

2.It looks as if they have had a shock.

I have found the above sentences in Cambridge Dictionary.My question is that in number 1,why " were" is not used here after " as if" though it is an imagination?.And in number 2,why only "had"isn't used here instead of "have had"?

  

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My question is that in number 1,why " were" is not used here after " as if" though it is an imagination?. They could have used "were" and the subjunctive mood. "Was" is equally OK.

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  • My question is that in number 1,why " were" is not used here after " as if" though it is an imagination?.
  • They could have used "were" and the subjunctive mood.
  • "Was" is equally OK.
  • The use of the subjunctive mood has been declining.
  • Abdul Kaium Tanvir 2,why only "had"isn't used here instead of "have had"?
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Abdul Kaium TanvirI have found the above sentences in Cambridge Dictionary.My question is that in number 1,why " were" is not used here after " as if" though it is an imagination?.

They could have used "were" and the subjunctive mood. "Was" is equally OK. The use of the subjunctive mood has been declining.

Abdul Kaium Tanvir2,why
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