keannu
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Can you tell the difference for four cases?
1.She looks as if she is sick.(factual-present)
2.She looks as if she were sick.(counterfactual-present)
3.She looks as if she had been sick. (counterfactual-past)
4.She looks as if she was sick.(factual-past)
Can you tell the difference? Is 2,3 right for counterfactual assumption?
Does 2 mean she actually is not sick, but she looks so?
Does 3 mean she actually was not sick, but she looks so?
If they are correct, I guess the below means "He hadn't been sick, but he only looked so) Am I right?
5.She looked as if she had been sick. (counterfactual-past participle)
1.She looks as if she is sick.(factual-present)
2.She looks as if she were sick.(counterfactual-present)
3.She looks as if she had been sick. (counterfactual-past)
4.She looks as if she was sick.(factual-past)
Can you tell the difference? Is 2,3 right for counterfactual assumption?
Does 2 mean she actually is not sick, but she looks so?
Does 3 mean she actually was not sick, but she looks so?
If they are correct, I guess the below means "He hadn't been sick, but he only looked so) Am I right?
5.She looked as if she had been sick. (counterfactual-past participle)