Question

虚拟语气He spoken to me as if I were deaf .为什么不是 I had been deaf

Answer 1

as if一般后面跟虚拟语气

这句两种表达都是 虚拟,区别是were deaf是 与现在相反,had been deaf是 与过去相反.两种表达语法都是 正确的,意义上的区别在于 如果动作发出者 I 如果现在还活着,用were deaf；如果已经死了就用 had been deaf

说这句话的人当时肯定还活着,所以用were deaf而不能用had been deaf,如果把 I 改成he,she或其它主语,就按上面的方式判断