5AdverClauseofComparison

1.

The Use of Forms Expressing
Unreality (the Oblique Moods) in
ADVERBIAL CLAUSE of
COMPARISON

2.

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE of
COMPARISON
is introduced by the conjunctions
‘as if’
‘as though’

3.

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE of
COMPARISON
‘as if’
‘as though’
c) would
a)Subjunctive
II
(non-perfect
/continuous)
b)Subjunctive
II
(perfect
/continuous)
+
Infinitive

4.

a) Subjunctive II
(non-perfect
/continuous)
shows that the action of the ADVERBIAL
CLAUSE of COMPARISON
is simultaneous with that of the Principal
Clause
e.g.: He asked me the question as if the
answer were really important to him.

5.

b) Subjunctive II
(perfect /
continuous)
shows that the action of the
ADVERBIAL CLAUSE of
COMPARISON is prior (precedes) to
that of the Principal Clause
e.g.: Tom gazed at him as though he had
not heard.

6.

c) would + Infinitive
shows that the action of the
ADVERBIAL CLAUSE of
COMPARISON follows that of the
Principal Clause
e.g.: She looked up at me as if she would hit
me.

7.

NOTE 1.
Translation
e.g.: She looked at me as if she did not
recognize me
is rendered in Russian as:
«Она смотрела на меня так, словно не
узнавала меня»

8.

NOTE 2.
Be careful!
e.g.: He sounded as though [he were trying to
avoid a scene].
It is NOT Comparison, it’s Predicative
Clause
!!! As if/as though introduces Predicative
Clause after the following verbs: look,
smell, sound, seem, feel, taste