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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Weird sentence

Hi there

In fact, business men in the city operate as though their ancestors did a thousand years ago.

Is this sentence OK. Something might be missing? Am I wrong?
  

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Anonymous In fact, business men in the city operate as though their ancestors did a thousand years ago. The sentence should not contain 'though'. They operate [as / in the same way that] their ancestors did.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous In fact, business men in the city operate as though their ancestors did a thousand years ago.
  • The sentence should not contain 'though'.
  • They operate [as / in the same way that] their ancestors did.
  • CJ
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AnonymousIn fact, business men in the city operate as though their ancestors did a thousand years ago.
The sentence should not contain 'though'. They operate [as / in the same way that] their ancestors did.

CJ
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There should be no 'though' in that sentence.

(CJ beat me to it.)
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Thank you. But:

The writer of this sentence says that "as though" means "as if" in this context. What do you think teachers?
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'As if' is also incorrect.
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