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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
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I'm dancing like I was a professional dancer
0 Hi everyone, 02 br
00 let's consider these: 01 ol
00 And I don't know why, but I also feel that #1 is not as good as #2. I feel that "as if" sounds better with a past tense (which act like an "hypothetical present"). 02 br
00 To summarize, #2 and #3 are the idiomatic ones, #1 is ok but less idiomatic, and structure #4 is not used (if used it'd have a different meaning, "was" would refer to the past). 02 br
02 br
00 Do you feel the same? Thank you in advance 05 0 010id 1
00 let's consider these: 01 ol
- 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 u 01 b 00 as if I'm 02 b 02 u 00 a professional dancer. 02 li 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 u 01 b 00 as if I was/were 02 b 02 u 00 a professional dancer. 02 li 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 u 01 b 00 like I'm 02 b 02 u 00 a professional dancer. 02 li 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 b 01 u 00 like I was/were 02 u 02 b 00 a professional dancer. 02 li 02 ol
00 And I don't know why, but I also feel that #1 is not as good as #2. I feel that "as if" sounds better with a past tense (which act like an "hypothetical present"). 02 br
00 To summarize, #2 and #3 are the idiomatic ones, #1 is ok but less idiomatic, and structure #4 is not used (if used it'd have a different meaning, "was" would refer to the past). 02 br
02 br
00 Do you feel the same? Thank you in advance 05 0 010id 1
Top answer
0 I would say # 2 and 4 are the correct ones, 02 br 02 br 00 'as if' implies an unreal state, therefore you should use a past tense (refer to 2nd and 3rd conditionals) 02 br 02 br 00 Normally a noun is used after 'like', and not a clause (a sentence), but i guess it can be said and it would be informal or colloquial English 0-
- 0 I would say # 2 and 4 are the correct ones, 02 br 02 br 00 'as if' implies an unreal state, therefore you should use a past tense (refer to 2nd and 3rd conditionals) 02 br 02 br 00 Normally a noun is used after 'like', and not a clause (a sentence), but i guess it can be said and it would be informal or colloquial English 0-
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0 I would say # 2 and 4 are the correct ones, 02 br
02 br
00 'as if' implies an unreal state, therefore you should use a past tense (refer to 2nd and 3rd conditionals) 02 br
02 br
00 Normally a noun is used after 'like', and not a clause (a sentence), but i guess it can be said and it would be informal or colloquial English 0-
02 br
00 'as if' implies an unreal state, therefore you should use a past tense (refer to 2nd and 3rd conditionals) 02 br
02 br
00 Normally a noun is used after 'like', and not a clause (a sentence), but i guess it can be said and it would be informal or colloquial English 0-
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0 Hi Marcelle, 01 blockquote
01 cite 10 Marcelle 12 cite 10 I would say # 2 and 4 are the correct ones, 12 br
10 'as if' implies an unreal state, therefore 11 font 10 you should use a past tense 12 font 10 (refer to 2nd and 3rd conditionals) 11 font 10 Yeah, but present tenses are fi
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0 01 ol
- 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 u 01 b 00 as if I'm 02 b 02 u 00 a professional dancer. 02 li 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 u 01 b 00 as if I was/were 02 b 02 u 00 a professional dancer. 02 li 01 li
- 00 I'm dancing 01 u 01 b 00 like I'm 02 b 02 u 00 a professional dancer. 02
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