Worth it/worthwhile
1. Are both these sentences correct and do they mean the same:
a) "I had a similar experience in the past, and it proved not to be worth it."
b) "I had a similar experience in the past, and it proved not to be worthwhile."
2. In case both are correct, is more informal or formal than the other.
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Christine Christie 1. Are both these sentences correct and do they mean the same: They are both possible each in its own context, but I am having a problem with the antecedent of "it". It does not seem to be "experience" but something from earlier, so I don't know what the sentences are supposed to mean.
- Christine Christie 1.
- Are both these sentences correct and do they mean the same: They are both possible each in its own context, but I am having a problem with the antecedent of "it".
- It does not seem to be "experience" but something from earlier, so I don't know what the sentences are supposed to mean.
- If the antecedent is supposed to be "experience", then there is a problem with "had".
- Having an experience is not something you do deliberately, so to say that it was not worthwhile doing is nonsense.
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Christine Christie1. Are both these sentences correct and do they mean the same:
They are both possible each in its own context, but I am having a problem with the antecedent of "it". It does not seem to be "experience" but something from earlier, so I don't know what the sentences are supposed to mean. If the antecedent is supposed to be "experience", the
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