after "as if"

happy9527673 · Post by **happy9527673** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:18 am

He talks as if he were a millionaire.
He talks as if he was a millionaire.
He talks as if he is a millionaire.

He talked as if he were a millionaire.
He talked as if he had been a millionaire.

According to school grammar taught in Korea, the third sentence is wrong.
What do you guys think?

hope everybody has a great day~

woodcutter · Post by **woodcutter** » Mon May 16, 2005 1:39 am

The third sentence is not very good, we would usually use one of the first two. Is that why you treated us to so many others?

I have a feeling that you might hear a native speaker use it orally though, in a contracted form.

happy9527673 · Post by **happy9527673** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:00 am

I got it right.
No matter how hard I study English, there seem to exist a gap that I can't narrow when I'm teaching.

Anyway I want to thank everybody here and I really appreciate your help.