Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад
The manager asked if/whether I had done such¿¿ work before.
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C O S M Oasked for translation 5 лет назад
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1. The manager asked, “Have you done such work before?”
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The manager asked me if I had (ever) done this kind of work before.
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⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад
That question looks suspiciously Russian! We would ask “Have you done THIS KIND OF work before?”
grumbleradded a comment 5 лет назад
Ну, для этого надо знать, КОГО спросил.
asked me? him? her?
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад
Спасибо, Улий! Я тоже подумала, что это очередной учебник. 😏
grumbleradded a comment 5 лет назад
Да, русский учебник
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад
Ugh! In a funny way, the bad textbooks are actually doing a good job by you because they’re teaching you to discern real English from Russian textbook English 😉
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад
We also ask “Have you (ever) done anything like this before?” in job interviews.
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад
>> In a funny way, the bad textbooks are actually doing a good job by you because they’re teaching you to discern real English from Russian textbook English 😉
But you need, at least, to be able to discern real English from Russian textbook English 😉
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад
😂