LIKE / AS IF
Hello.
Can you tell me the differences that are between "like" and "as if"?
I know only that after "like" we use noun and after "as if" subject + be.
But I'm sure that there are many more differences.
For example I was wondering why in this sentence we use "like" instead of "as if".
She loves cars like I do.
How do the present simple tense and the past simple tense change the meaning of these two sentences?
1) She behaves as if she was crazy.
2) She behaves as if she is crazy.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
", is correct. "As if" cannot be substituted here. " In the US, 1) and 2) mean the same thing.
- ", is correct.
- "As if" cannot be substituted here.
- " In the US, 1) and 2) mean the same thing.
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The sentence, "She loves cars like I do.", is correct. "As if" cannot be substituted here.
If you want to use "as if" in this context, it would have to be something like:
"She loves cars as if they were in her blood, like they are in mine."
In the US, 1) and 2) mean the same thing. Moreover, this would be said with a contraction, "She behaves as if she's craz
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