grammatical?

[ostap77]

"How long do you have to have been working until you can get a mortgage?"

Would this sentence be grammatical? If not, how would it sound using proper grammar?

 

[5jj]

"How long do you have to have been working until you can get a mortgage?"

Would this sentence be grammatical? If not, how would it sound using proper grammar?

The verb form is grammatically acceptable but a bit cumbersome. I think we'd be more likely to say : 'How long do you have to work ...?' I'd use 'before' rather than 'until'.

 

[ostap77]

The verb form is grammatically acceptable but a bit cumbersome. I think we'd be more likely to say : 'How long do you have to work ...?' I'd use 'before' rather than 'until'.

Would this sentence sound OK to you?

"How long must you have been a US citizen to be President?"

 

[5jj]

The sentence sounds fine to me but the question is wrong. Being born in the US is a prime requirement for a person to become the President.

Does that mean that an American citizen, offspring of two American citizens, who happens to be born abroad cannot become president?

 

[ostap77]

The sentence sounds fine to me but the question is wrong. Being born in the US is a prime requirement for a person to become the President.

1)What would you say about the sentence in post #1 from the US part?

2) I would gladly accept advice from any instructor on teaching staff. Could I say " You need to have been living in Ukraine for 5 years to become a Ukraine national"?

 

[bhaisahab]

1)What would you say about the sentence in post #1 from the US part?

2) I would gladly accept advice from any instructor on teaching staff. Could I say " You need to have been living in Ukraine for 5 years to become a Ukraine nationa."?

"...to become a Ukrainian national" would be most likely I think.