Transitive and intransitive verbs (o’timli va o’timsiz fe’llar)

Lekin: Ko’pchilik odamlar “look, smells, sound” so’zlaridan keyin as if va as though ning o’rniga “like” so’zini ishlatishni afzal deb biladi”: It looks like Tom isn’t coming. Tom kelmayotganga o’xshaydi.

4. Agar aytadigan fikrimiz haqiqat emas balki faraz bo’lsa As if bog’lovchisidan keyin o’tgan zamon ishlatiladi. Ancha oldin sodir bo’lgan lekin natijasi hozir bilan bog’liq bo’lgan noreal ish-harakatni ifodalash uchun esa as if dan keyin past perfect zamoni ishlatiladi: They treat me as if I were (was) their own son. Ular menga xuddi o’zlarining o’g’liday munosabatda bo’lishadi. I don’t like Norman. He talks as if he knew everything. Menga Norman yoqmaydi. U xuddi hamma narsani biladiganday gapiradi. You look pale as if you had seen a ghost. Sen xuddi arvoh ko’rganday oqarib ketibsan.