Mary smiled the way her mother did when she was at Mary's age.这句话中,为什么不可以用as if代替the way

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Mary smiled the way her mother did when she was at Mary's age.
这句话中,为什么不可以用as if代替the way

Smile sth 是因为某事情发笑smiled the way...中 the way是 smile的宾语, her mother did 是the way 的定语 即 她母亲年轻时候的举止——“the way her mother did when she was at Mary's age”然后说说 as if: as...