The phrase "allows us to pretend" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability or opportunity to engage in imaginative or deceptive behavior.
Example: "The virtual reality game allows us to pretend we are exploring distant planets."
Alternatives: "enables us to act as if" or "gives us the chance to feign".
No, our clashing allows us to pretend we belong to civilizations.
Reading about stars allows us to pretend to be their intimates and bask in their reflected glory.
Exposing the blind spots of would-be politicians 40 years ago allows us to pretend that this ailment somehow belongs in our past.
So one of the ways in which the web 2.0 stuff suppresses individuals and brings out this mob identity is because it allows us to pretend that the machine is becoming intelligent and doing work.
But a society based on rules at least allows us to pretend that everyone's being treated fairly, which is handy, since it means that I get to guiltlessly enjoy the ways my position of privileged position means I get to bend some of those rules – even if Citibank's senior executives get to bend them far more.
The food is delicious, and the beach, though filthy, allows us to pretend that we're free.
And yet he won't just go away, which would allow us to pretend that drug use — opportunism of another sort — was a short-lived experiment rather than an inevitable and ongoing challenge.
These utopias allow us to pretend that peaches in summer or squash in the fall still have the same force they once did.
"We find ourselves with a Constitution that allows us to only pretend that things have changed," said Fouad Abdelmoumni, an economist and an activist involved in the pro-democracy movement who was jailed under Hassan II, the king's father.
And it impacts almost every facet of life in the U.S.--it's white privilege that allows some of us to pretend this isn't true.
How can someone pretend to have money and allow us to cast fairly major stars and create this charade with all of us flying to Iowa to make a movie?
