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 brauchinet brauchinet May 23, 2014 May 23, 2014 at 5:41:59 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Hi Patick
Wouldn't that mean that Tom stopped to see that job as stopgap measure as soon as better one came up?

Could we say "would come up"?

patgfisher patgfisher May 24, 2014 May 24, 2014 at 1:19:30 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Hi brauchinet

Thanks for your question.

I think the imperfect subjunctive "came" fits best in this sentence and, in my opinion, a native speaker would be unlikely to use the conditional "would come up" in this sentence.

The conditional "would come up" is used in a construction containing "if" "whether" etc. For example "Tom was waiting to see if/whether something better would come up."

I hope this answers your query.

 brauchinet brauchinet May 24, 2014 May 24, 2014 at 5:41:45 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Thank you for your answer.
I just asked because I noticed that a translation of 'came' as 'past tense' would make a slightly unnatural German sentence.
The reason is probably that the until-clause doesn't seem to refer to a certain event in the past (as in "He worked as p.a. until he found a better job") but to an event in the relative future ("a measure until").
So 'came' is "imperfect subjunctive" here and expresses the same idea? (Wow, I did not even know that English had such at thing ☺)

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Tom saw his job as a pump attendant as a stopgap meaure until a better one came up.

added by patgfisher, May 14, 2014
Tom saw his job as a pump attendant as a stopgap measure until a better one came up.

edited by patgfisher, May 14, 2014
➜ #3273968Tom betrachtete seine Arbeit als Tankwart als Übergangslösung, bis sich etwas Besseres fände.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, May 23, 2014
➜ #10903234Tom a benzinkutas munkáját csak átmeneti megoldásnak tekintette, amíg nem talált egy jobbat.

linked by H_Liliom, June 11, 2022