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Infinity Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

How hard it was or how hard it is

0 Dear teachers; 02br
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001. She told me she didn't know how hard it was to find a job in Tokyo. 02br
002. She told me she didn't know how hard it is to find a job in Tokyo. 02br
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00I'd like to make sure if (1) means that she has a job now, and if (2) means that she is still looking for a job. Moreover, as in the report clause like (1), is it possible that it still means she doesn't have a job now? 02br
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00Also is it possible to say as follows? 02br
00She told me she'd never imagined how hard it is to find a job in Tokyo. 02br
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00Thanks in advance. 0-
  

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0 All three sentences you suggest are possible. None of them give any information about whether she has a job or whether she is looking for a job. You are adding a little too much, I think, to your idea of what the sentences are expressing!

— CalifJim

  • 0 All three sentences you suggest are possible.
  • None of them give any information about whether she has a job or whether she is looking for a job.
  • You are adding a little too much, I think, to your idea of what the sentences are expressing!
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0 All three sentences you suggest are possible. None of them give any information about whether she has a job or whether she is looking for a job. You are adding a little too much, I think, to your idea of what the sentences are expressing! 02br
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00(If the reported part is expressed in the present instead of in the normal "sequence of tenses", it means the speaker beli
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