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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: look |
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| She looked as she had a dozen years ago, before the wasting away had begun. |
Does it make sense?
I think that 'She looked as if she had been a dozen years ago, before the wasting away had begun.' is correct rather than it.
Am I right?
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: Re: look |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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| She looked as she had a dozen years ago, before the wasting away had begun. |
Does it make sense?
I think that 'She looked as if she had been a dozen years ago, before the wasting away had begun.' is correct rather than it.
Am I right? |
The first sentence does make sense, and, sorry, you are not correct.
You are correct in recognizing that there is a missing participle verb that is understood in the first sentence, but you picked the wrong verb. The missing verb (that can be omitted) is the participle form of the core sentence's verb.
For example:
He ran as he did (run) before he injured his ankle.
She wrote as well as she had (written) before she developed depression.
She looked as she had (looked) a dozen years ago.
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