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Roky0071 Posted 10 years ago
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You talk as if you were a child
In a live debate on a news channel with English subtitle.I saw this sentence when a person(named Ram) was pointing to another person(named Sam) by saying this "you talk as if you were a child"
My question is why the verb "talk" in present form where "as if you were a child" in past from.It should be "You talked/you would talk as if you were a child". I am confused.
My question is why the verb "talk" in present form where "as if you were a child" in past from.It should be "You talked/you would talk as if you were a child". I am confused.
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It is a counterfactual conditional form. If you were a child, you would talk that way. )
- It is a counterfactual conditional form.
- If you were a child, you would talk that way.
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It is a counterfactual conditional form.
If you were a child, you would talk that way. (But the person is an adult.)
If you were a child, you would talk that way. (But the person is an adult.)
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