as if and as though
as if and as though
[as if/though + subject + present/past verb
as if/though + subject + past verb with present meaning]
As if and as though mean the same.
We use them to say what a situation seems like. We can use a past tense with a present meaning after as if/though. This means that the idea is 'unreal'.
Compare: Like is often used instead of as if/though, especially in American English. This is very informal.
as if/though + subject + past verb with present meaning]
We use them to say what a situation seems like.
- It looks as if/though it's going to rain.
I felt as if/though I was dying.
Compare:
- He looks as if he's rich. (Perhaps he is rich.)
She talks as if she was rich. (But she isn't.)
- She talks as if she were rich.
- It looks like it's going to rain.
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