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Discover LudwigThe phrase "pretend a" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English
It may be intended to introduce a scenario or action but needs additional context to be usable.
Example: "If you want to understand the concept better, pretend a scenario where you are the main character."
Alternatives: "imagine a" or "act as if a"
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The reunited band doesn't pretend a decade hasn't passed.
It is better for all concerned to extend and pretend a little".
One must maintain one's cool when toddlers pretend a bowl of cereal is a tom-tom.
Fantasists might pretend a leftwing populism would be "oh-so-different"; recent history tells us otherwise.
"This is not, as some would like to pretend, a Western issue," she told reporters after the vote.
Or pretend a storm is coming at you and your wrap is flying away... ...... Borderline-silly stuff, for sure.
Pretend a wizard has given you back an evening with these people and afterwards they'll disappear into the abyss again.
"They pretend a sophistication, the surface of which they've learned, but they really don't possess," he said.
However, I don't consider it helpful to pretend a task is fun or exciting when the child clearly thinks it is not.
When you work too hard to pretend a good artist is a great one, I suppose you become overprotective.
"We had to pretend a customer was having a problem with a brand-new product," Mr. Khan said.
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