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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The time I can say...

The time I can say I am already successful is when I am happy with both my personal and career life.

1. Is the sentence above correct?
2. I was wondering if I should use "was, is, was", respectively because this is unreal at the moment. Would you agree?
  

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I don't like the word already in the sentence. The time I can say that I'm successful will be when I'm happy with both my personal life and (my) career. That's how I would re-word it.

— Dave Phillips

  • I don't like the word already in the sentence.
  • The time I can say that I'm successful will be when I'm happy with both my personal life and (my) career.
  • That's how I would re-word it.
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I don't like the word already in the sentence.

The time I can say that I'm successful will be when I'm happy with both my personal life and (my) career.

That's how I would re-word it.
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Thank you, Dave, for your help.

Does the 'my' in parenthesis above mean optional?
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Yes. Depends if you are stressing my or not.
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Okay, thanks again. I really appreciate it!
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