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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
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I go in for a job interview and I tell the interviewer:

Here's the thing, I'm afraid If I show you my resume, you'll think I'm overqualified. Or

Here's the thing, I'm afraid if I showed you my resume, you'd think I'm overqualified.

What's the difference between these two sentences and which one would a native speaker use?
  

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Here’s the thing : I’m afraid if I show you my resume [that] you’ll think I’m overqualified. Here’s the thing : I’m afraid if I showed you my resume [that] you’d think I’m overqualified. (no comma) The second suggests that you’re less likely to reveal your resume.

— RandomGuy

  • Here’s the thing : I’m afraid if I show you my resume [that] you’ll think I’m overqualified.
  • Here’s the thing : I’m afraid if I showed you my resume [that] you’d think I’m overqualified.
  • (no comma) The second suggests that you’re less likely to reveal your resume.
  • Learn about conditional types here .
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Here’s the thing: I’m afraid if I show you my resume [that] you’ll think I’m overqualified.
Here’s the thing: I’m afraid if I showed you my resume [that] you’d think I’m overqualified.

(no comma)

The second suggests that you’re less likely to reveal your resume. Learn about conditional types
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PreciousJonesyou'd think I'm overqualified
In this one I'd use ... you'd think I was overqualified (now, in spite of the past tense, because it's part of a conditional structure).

CJ
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