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Sb70012 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

So suspiciously as if I have stolen

Hello,
Context: suppose that I am in a coffee shop with my friend. After a few minutes drinking coffee, my friend realizes that someone has stolen his wallet. He is suspiciously looking at me. In this context I want to tell him one of these sentences but I don't know which one is natural to you:

1. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously as if I have stolen your wallet.
2. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously as if I had stolen your wallet.
3. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously as if I stole your wallet.

I will be grateful if you help me and give me some guidance about these three sentences. If you were me how would you say it?

Many thanks in advance
  

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Why would a friend think his friend had stolen his wallet in a public place?
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Maybe he is not a good friend. Maybe he is pessimistic towards his friend.
I just don't know which one of the three sentences would work in that context.

I will be grateful if you help me on that.

Thank you.
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sb70012as if I have stolen your wallet. ... as if I had stolen your wallet. ... as if I stole your wallet.
"as if" is very flexible with regard to the tense that follows. All of these will work. Personally, I would use the first, maybe the second, but not the third.

CJ
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Calif thanks for answering but when you said that you would choose the first one, it distracted me you know why?

Doesn't [as if I have stolen your wallet] mean { I think I have really stolen your wallet]?

Look,

I interpret number them like this:

1. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously I think I have really sto
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sb70012I interpret number them like this:1. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously I think I have really stolen your wallet. (because present tense in as if clause refers reality.)2. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously You think I have stolen your wallet. 3. What? You are looking at me so suspiciously You think I stole your wallet.
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