예전에 as if 가 그냥 마치 ~인것처럼 일 때와가정법일 때가 있다고 들었는데요while he was in the hospital recovering from surgery, his mother brought him a box of paints and a how-to book, and the world lost an attorney and gained an artist.

it was as if i had been called문맥상으로 보면 엄마가 물감을 가져다 준 순간 부름심을 받은 것 같았을 텐데 그러면시제가 같으니까 as if 가정법 과거로 쓰여야 할텐데헷갈리네요 도와주세요