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Damironi Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

Please tell me if the bellow sentence is grammaticaly correct.

I wouldn't have left my old job, If I had known how difficult it is ( or should have I said was) to find another one.

Your help is greatly appreciated.
  

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damironi I wouldn't have left my old job, If if I had known how difficult it is ( or should have I said was) to find another one. Either was or is is fine. Both have the same meaning.

— CalifJim

  • damironi I wouldn't have left my old job, If if I had known how difficult it is ( or should have I said was) to find another one.
  • Either was or is is fine.
  • Both have the same meaning.
  • was preserves the "sequence of tenses"; is violates it.
  • But since you may want to give a little more emphasis to the idea that finding a new job is always difficult, or that it is difficult in the present situation, you may want to use is in this context.
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damironiI wouldn't have left my old job, If if I had known how difficult it is ( or should have I said was) to find another one.
Either was or is is fine. Both have the same meaning. was preserves the "sequence of tenses"; is violates it. But since you may want to give a little
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CalifJimEither was or is is fine.
To my ear those sound alien in this context. I think in this sentence I would probably have used either "would be" or "was going to be", the former if I hadn't yet found another job and the latter if I had.
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