ademoglu
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- Sep 18, 2014
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Hi,
I've seached on the net for the differences between 'as if + to do / as if + doing / as though + to do / as though + doing' and 'as if/though + sentence' but I could not understand anyting. Some say that we can use as if to ... or as if + an -ing verb to show intention; others say that as if to ... or as if + an -ing verb are used, especially in more poetic language.
Could you please tell me the difference between them?
*my sentences*
- She looked at me as if she was going to tell me something.
- She looked at me as if to tell me something.
- She looks as if she is hungry.
- She looks as if to be hungry. ---------> this sounds wrong to me but I don't know why.
Thank you!
I've seached on the net for the differences between 'as if + to do / as if + doing / as though + to do / as though + doing' and 'as if/though + sentence' but I could not understand anyting. Some say that we can use as if to ... or as if + an -ing verb to show intention; others say that as if to ... or as if + an -ing verb are used, especially in more poetic language.
Could you please tell me the difference between them?
*my sentences*
- She looked at me as if she was going to tell me something.
- She looked at me as if to tell me something.
- She looks as if she is hungry.
- She looks as if to be hungry. ---------> this sounds wrong to me but I don't know why.
Thank you!