barnej0096
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The cheese looks as if rats (nibble) it. Should it be 'nibbled' or 'had nibbled'?
[Grammar] As if
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It could be nibble (regular habit), nibbled or have nibbled. To use "had nibbled" the sentence would need to begin "The cheese looked as if ..."
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