S sdpegasus Member Joined Jul 26, 2013 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Oct 5, 2013 #1 I have often seen "as if" is followed by past tense, but is it possible to use present tense after it? For eg. " You are eating as if You have a train to catch".
I have often seen "as if" is followed by past tense, but is it possible to use present tense after it? For eg. " You are eating as if You have a train to catch".
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Oct 5, 2013 #2 Yes, that is OK, but the second 'you' must not be capitalised.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Oct 5, 2013 #3 Rover_KE said: Yes, that is OK, but the second 'you' must not be capitalised. Click to expand... And you need to remove the space after the opening quotation mark.
Rover_KE said: Yes, that is OK, but the second 'you' must not be capitalised. Click to expand... And you need to remove the space after the opening quotation mark.