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Adsfaf Posted 8 years ago
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What tense should I use?
He was acting as if it was/were the end of the world.
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adsfaf He was acting as if it was/were the end of the world. Both are fine. You'll find just about any tense after "as if".
- adsfaf He was acting as if it was/were the end of the world.
- Both are fine.
- You'll find just about any tense after "as if".
- But in the case of the verb form "was", we can substitute "were".
- Not all speakers make this substitution.
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adsfaf He was acting as if it was/were the end of the world.
Both are fine.
You'll find just about any tense after "as if". But in the case of the verb form "was", we can substitute "were". Not all speakers make this substitution.
CJ
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