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Chan-Seung Lee



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:45 am    Post subject: as if Reply with quote
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1.He speaks as if he had seen her.
2.You tend to tell what you think as if your friend had told it.


1.Do they make sense?
2.What does #2 mean?

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m_prime



Joined: 28 Dec 2008
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Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Number 1 is fine and makes sense.

Number 2 does not work grammatically and its meaning is very unclear.

Do you have any more context for number 2?
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