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Wojtek ka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is this one correct?
"Although she had been a student, she already started her professional career."
Please comment on that!
Please comment on that!
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Doesn't sound very correct to me. What are you trying to say? Two verbs, but when?
- Doesn't sound very correct to me.
- What are you trying to say?
- Two verbs, but when?
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Doesn't sound very correct to me. What are you trying to say? Two verbs, but when?
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Hello, wojtek—and welcome to English Forums. In future, please put the text you wish to discuss in the message box, not in the subject line.
As it stands, your sentence offers a temporal conundrum, since both past perfect and 'already' indicate previous events: therefore, we wonder which came first, student or career? 'Although' indicates concession, but there is no concession in schoo
As it stands, your sentence offers a temporal conundrum, since both past perfect and 'already' indicate previous events: therefore, we wonder which came first, student or career? 'Although' indicates concession, but there is no concession in schoo
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Hi,
Your meaning is not very clear to me.
I assume she is no longer a student.
I assume she started her career while she was a student.
There are various ways to say this.
Your meaning is not very clear to me.
I assume she is no longer a student.
I assume she started her career while she was a student.
There are various ways to say this.
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Thank you Clive,
That is basically what I wanted to say. I am taking the second option though.
Thanks a million
wojtek
That is basically what I wanted to say. I am taking the second option though.
Thanks a million
wojtek
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Mister Micawber,
Thank you for explaining the difference between those two. I wanted to say: "She was a student when she began her professional career. (She was studying and working.)"
Thanks a million,
wojtek
Thank you for explaining the difference between those two. I wanted to say: "She was a student when she began her professional career. (She was studying and working.)"
Thanks a million,
wojtek
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wojtek kaAlthough she had been a student, she already started her professional careerI would just exchange the tenses.
Although she was (still) a student, she had already started her professional career.
At least I think that's what you're aiming at.
CJ
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Calif Jim,
Does your sentence mean that she started her career before she was a student?
What I want to say is: she was a student and she supposed to start her professional work after finishing her studies. She was smart enough to start her academic career when she was still a student.
What do you think?
wojtek
Does your sentence mean that she started her career before she was a student?
What I want to say is: she was a student and she supposed to start her professional work after finishing her studies. She was smart enough to start her academic career when she was still a student.
What do you think?
wojtek
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wojtek kaDoes your sentence mean that she started her career before she was a student?No.
wojtek kaWhat I want to say is: she was a student and she supposed to start her professional work after finishing her studies. She was smart enough to start her academic career when she was still a student.Right. That's what I though
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Thank you CJ,
Well, my understanding of the past perfect is poor, I see. Especially intriguing is the reason why you used past perfect in the second part of the sentence. I thought starting her studies happened before taking a job as a 'scholar', therefore first part of the sentence should have contained past perfect.
(By the way, she is not a student any more, but she still works as a 'sc
Well, my understanding of the past perfect is poor, I see. Especially intriguing is the reason why you used past perfect in the second part of the sentence. I thought starting her studies happened before taking a job as a 'scholar', therefore first part of the sentence should have contained past perfect.
(By the way, she is not a student any more, but she still works as a 'sc
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