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1. “She says she doesn't want to talk to you.” “As if I cared!”
http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/care
2. As if I cared whether he comes with us or not!
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/as-if-i-cared
3. He threatened to fire me, as if I cared!
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/care_2
4. He said he didn't approve of what I'd done, as if I cared.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/care
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I think that the blue part in (1) and (2) is in the subjunctive mood and the time is in the present.
However, what about the part in (3) and (4)?
I assume that the part in (3) and (4) is in the indicative mood and the time is in the past, but in fact we can know the speakers didn't care about that.
What do you think?
http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/care
2. As if I cared whether he comes with us or not!
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/as-if-i-cared
3. He threatened to fire me, as if I cared!
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/care_2
4. He said he didn't approve of what I'd done, as if I cared.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/care
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I think that the blue part in (1) and (2) is in the subjunctive mood and the time is in the present.
However, what about the part in (3) and (4)?
I assume that the part in (3) and (4) is in the indicative mood and the time is in the past, but in fact we can know the speakers didn't care about that.
What do you think?
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