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EverestCTS Posted 4 years ago
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Anybody would think he is rich from the way he talks even though he isn’t rich.

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EverestCTS Is this sentence correct? Yes. However, native speakers backshift after "(would) think (that)".

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  • EverestCTS Is this sentence correct?
  • Yes.
  • However, native speakers backshift after "(would) think (that)".
  • , untrue), so the final "even though" clause is redundant.
  • Anybody would think he was rich the way he talks.
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EverestCTSIs this sentence correct?

Yes. However, native speakers backshift after "(would) think (that)". And the implication of "Anybody would think" is that the following clause ("he is rich") is counterfactual (i.e., untrue), so the final "even though" clause is redundant.

Anybody would think he was rich the way he talks.

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