Hypothetical constructions

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Hypothetical constructions

• AS IF sau AS THOUGH
• 
  prezentare

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Past Simple pentru actiuni contrare situatiei
de fapt din prezent

• Situatie She has no idea about the English
  grammar, but she always tries to explain things.
• She talks as if she knew everything about the
  English grammar. SAU
• (She talks as though she knew everything about
  the English grammar.)
• Situatie She is skinny and very well dressed.
• Yes, she looks as if she were a model, but shes
  not shes my cousin. SAU
• (Yes, she looks as though she were a model, but
  shes not shes my cousin.)

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Past Perfect pentru actiuni contrare situatiei
de fapt din trecut

• Situatie He was taken in by her words.
• Thats because she spoke as if she had been an
  actress. SAU
• (Thats because she spoke as though she had been
  an actress.)
• Situatie She is so tanned.
• Indeed she looks as if she had stayed for a
  month at the seaside, which, definitely cant be
  true. SAU
• (Indeed she looks as though she had stayed for
  a month at the seaside, which, definitely cant
  be true.)

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were going to pentru situatii viitoare ipotetice

• Situatie Im so cold.
• Dont be ridiculous, its April! You look as if
  winter were going to come. SAU
• (You look as though winter were going to come.)
• Situatie She is very angry with him.
• Yes, and she behaves as if she were going to
  leave him. Everybody knows she married him for
  his money. SAU
• (Yes, and she behaves as though she were going
  to leave him. Everybody knows she married him for
  his money.)