The English translation of the Spanish sentence is
So you think I'm capable of doing such a thing?
As if I ever would! sounds to me more like
Don't be ridiculous. I would never do that. / But it's ridiculous to think I would do it.
Example.
Like other seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, this could be the last — at least, until Larry David decides to make another again. In the meantime, Larry, don’t ever change. As if you ever would.
~ But it's ridiculous to think that you would ever change.
Note carefully that the main verb after 'would' is absent from the expression "As if I ever would", so it must be recovered from the previous text.
An alternate is "Not that I ever would".
CJ
Thanks CJ 💖 Is this conversation grammatical and natural according to your explanation ?
Udoy: Don't tell Natasha that I told you to unfriend her. (on Facebook)
Thanks CJ 💖 Is this conversation grammatical and natural according to your explanation ?
Udoy: Don't tell Natasha that I told you to unfriend her. (on Facebook)
Tommy: As if I ever would/Not that I ever would.
You are on the right track. It goes more like this:
Tommy (speaking to Udoy): I was thinking that it might be interesting to see Natasha's reaction if I told her that you said I should unfriend her — not that I ever would (tell her that).
It's like putting forward an idea almost as a joke, and then snapping back into reality and saying more seriously "as if I ever would"/"not that I ever would"/"but of course I never would do that" to show you were just considering what would happen without seriously intending to do anything to make it happen.
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The English translation of the Spanish sentence is
So you think I'm capable of doing such a thing?
As if I ever would! sounds to me more like
Don't be ridiculous. I would never do that. /
But it's ridiculous to think I would do it.
Example.
Like other seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, this could be the last — at least, until Larry David decides to make another again. In the meantime, Larry, don’t ever change. As if you ever would.
~ But it's ridiculous to think that you would ever change.
Note carefully that the main verb after 'would' is absent from the expression "As if I ever would", so it must be recovered from the previous text.
An alternate is "Not that I ever would".
CJ
Thanks CJ 💖 Is this conversation grammatical and natural according to your explanation ?
Udoy: Don't tell Natasha that I told you to unfriend her. (on Facebook)
Tommy: As if I ever would/Not that I ever would.
You are on the right track. It goes more like this:
Tommy (speaking to Udoy): I was thinking that it might be interesting to see Natasha's reaction if I told her that you said I should unfriend her — not that I ever would (tell her that).
It's like putting forward an idea almost as a joke, and then snapping back into reality and saying more seriously "as if I ever would"/"not that I ever would"/"but of course I never would do that" to show you were just considering what would happen without seriously intending to do anything to make it happen.
CJ