Actually and As though

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Actually adverb - In actual fact.

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As though and actually are semantically related. In some cases you can use "As though" instead an adverb "Actually".

As though conjunction - The way it would be or one would do if.

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Actually and as though are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actually" instead an adverb phrase "As though".

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