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Yogi2005 Posted 21 years ago
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Past perfect (with "as if") ?

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00Could anyone tell me if the below sentence ic correct? 02br
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00He speaks as if he had done the job himself, but in fact it was us who had done most of it. 02br
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0 Yes, it's correct. 02br 02br 00The past (subjunctive) in 00 clause: 02br 00The event in the as if clause is supposed to take place concurrently with the event in the main clause. 02br 00 (EX) She speaks as if she had met him before.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Yes, it's correct.
  • 02br 02br 00The past (subjunctive) in 00 clause: 02br 00The event in the as if clause is supposed to take place concurrently with the event in the main clause.
  • 02br 00 (EX) She speaks as if she had met him before.
  • Actually she didn't meet him before.
  • 02br 00 (EX) She spoke as if she had met him before.
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0 Yes, it's correct. 02br
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00The past (subjunctive) in 00 clause: 02br
00The event in the as if clause is supposed to take place concurrently with the event in the main clause. 02br
00 (EX) She speaks as if she had met him before. Actually she didn't meet him before. 02br
00 (EX) She spoke as if she had met him before. Actually s
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0 yogi, 02br
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00It's "if the sentence below is ...", not "if the below sentence is ...". 05002br
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00The past perfect part is fine. Personally, I would have used "... was we who ..." in the second clause, not "was us who". 02br
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0 Dear Paco, 02br
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00The past perfect in 10 clause: 12br
10 The event in the as if clause is supposed to take place before the event in the main clause. 12br
10 (EX) She speaks as if she knew everything. Actually she doesn't know everything. 12br
10 (EX) She spoke as if she knew everything. Actually she didn't kn
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0Ugh! I put wrong captions for explnations. Thank you for pointing out the mistakes, Senthilvelann. 02br
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01b00The past (subjunctive) in 00 clause:02br
00The event in the as if clause is supposed to take place before the event in the main clause. 02br
00 (EX) She speaks as if she knew everything. Actually she doesn't know everything.
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