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it looks like if / it looks as if
Message de speedtiti posté le 04-04-2007 à 10:47:53 (S | E | F | I)
Hello !
What's the difference between "it looks as if..." and 'it looks like if..." ?
Are they both correct ? If so, is there a special use of them ?
Thanks for helping me !
Message de speedtiti posté le 04-04-2007 à 10:47:53 (S | E | F | I)
Hello !
What's the difference between "it looks as if..." and 'it looks like if..." ?
Are they both correct ? If so, is there a special use of them ?
Thanks for helping me !
Réponse: it looks like if / it looks as if de magstmarc, postée le 04-04-2007 à 11:43:38 (S | E)
Hello,
The first one is correct.
But "
You can say
"It looks as if it had been painted"
"It looks as if he's ready to go"
So : it looks as if + sentence
"It looks like a new one"
"It looks like someone had painted it"
So : it looks like + noun or sentence (but no "if")
Bye bye

Réponse: it looks like if / it looks as if de speedtiti, postée le 04-04-2007 à 11:55:17 (S | E)
It's quite helpful to me and now I'm going to avoid my previous mistakes !!!
Thank you so much !