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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as pretending" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe someone who is acting in a certain way, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "He was acting as pretending to be someone he wasn't."
Alternatives: "as if pretending" or "in a manner of pretending".
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Find a way to ignore the low offer, such as pretending you didn't hear it?
And removing a fawning statue of a dead racist is not the same as pretending a historical figure didn't exist.
Spy Message Kit: £12, iwmshop.org.uk Few games for youngsters are as fun as pretending to be spies.
Pretending to save bodies was as profitable as pretending to save souls, if more vulnerable to disproof.
I was not so much pretending to be Grace Melbury as pretending to be an actor altogether.
Yet none of those things is quite as bad as pretending to be a proper Muslim, then sneaking off to perform rituals in tombs.
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I immediately wrote in the comments, "Scarlett texting Ashley as pretends there is an emergency at the mill, but she's really just not wearing a corset".
Other critics argue that it is a parting platitude that comes across as pretended.
Few realized at first that one could spend just as much energy pretending to fight as actually fighting.
Had she been pretending, as long as John had known her, to be a prude?
Run as fast as Paul Ryan pretends to.
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