0
Cat navy 425 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

I had worked in Amazon for six years when I got this job in 2014.

Hi everyone,

I saw the sentence "I had been working in Amazon for six years when I got this job in 2014." in a video. Could you please tell me whether we can say the following things?

I had worked in Amazon for six years when I got this job in 2014.
I worked in Amazon for six years when I got this job in 2014.
  

Top answer

cat navy 425 Could you please tell me whether we can say the following things? Not in the same meaning. By the way, you either worked "at" Amazon, meaning you were employed by the internet marketplace giant, or you worked in "the" Amazon, meaning you had a job located in the Amazon basin of Brazil.

— Anonymous

  • cat navy 425 Could you please tell me whether we can say the following things?
  • Not in the same meaning.
  • By the way, you either worked "at" Amazon, meaning you were employed by the internet marketplace giant, or you worked in "the" Amazon, meaning you had a job located in the Amazon basin of Brazil.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

2 Answers
0
cat navy 425Could you please tell me whether we can say the following things?

Not in the same meaning. By the way, you either worked "at" Amazon, meaning you were employed by the internet marketplace giant, or you worked in "the" Amazon, meaning you had a job located in the Amazon basin of Brazil.

0
0
cat navy 425I had been working in at Amazon for six years when I got this job in 2014.

The pattern here is

... activity in progress (continuous tense) ...
WHEN ... an interrupting event occurs (simple tense).

We don't often change this pattern.

I was reading the newspaper when I heard

0

Related Questions