I rose early in the morning to get to job one in the Castro.

[Polyester]

I read the story book and found a sentence that I want to rewrite. Is it possible?

Original: I rose early in the morning to get to job one in the Castro.

My version: I always get up early and get to job one in the Castro.

 

[emsr2d2]

I read [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a story [STRIKE]book[/STRIKE] and found a sentence that I want to rewrite. Is the following possible?

Original: I rose early in the morning to get to job one in the Castro.

My version: I always get up early and get to job one in the Castro.

See my corrections. Your version is grammatical but it doesn't mean the same as the original. Can you work out the difference? (Hint: Look at "I rose" and "I always get up".)

 

[tedmc]

What is "get to.job one in the Castro"?

 

[Polyester]

See my corrections. Your version is grammatical but it doesn't mean the same as the original. Can you work out the difference? (Hint: Look at "I rose" and "I always get up".)

Hi native teacher,
Thank you your comments.
I'm looking the difference between two sentences again. I finally found that the sentence "original" means just today I do it, and the next days will be returned normal. The second sentence "my version" means it's a habitual action that I do it every day.

Is my explanations correct?

 

[Tarheel]

I can't figure out why you want to rewrite the sentence. Nor can I figure out what the sentence means in the first place.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi emsr2d2. [STRIKE]native teacher,[/STRIKE]

Thank you for your comments.

[STRIKE]I'm looking[/STRIKE] I've looked for the difference between two sentences again. I finally found that the original sentence [STRIKE]"original"[/STRIKE] means that I did it just today. [STRIKE]I do it, and the next days will be returned normal.[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]The second sentence "[/STRIKE] My version means it's a habitual action that I do [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] every day.

[STRIKE]Is[/STRIKE] Are my explanations correct?

Note my corrections above. Yes, your understanding of the two verb forms is correct. Now that you know that, how would you write the new "my version" so that the meaning does not change?

 

[Tarheel]

Is The Castro a neighborhood in San Francisco? (That's what Google says.)

 

[emsr2d2]

The writer has two jobs in order to make enough to live.

Or they're some kind of tradesperson who goes from job to job throughout the day. I was thinking of someone like a window cleaner, a painter and decorator or similar. It would work for a sales rep too.
All we know is that their first job (or appointment) of the day was in The Castro.

 

[Polyester]

Is the following possible?

I wake up early today and went to get to job one in the Castro.

 

[emsr2d2]

Think it about it carefully. Do you think "went" fits with "wake"?

 

[SoothingDave]

Seems to me like Job One is being thought of as a proper noun. I am assuming this person also has Job Two. (Like maybe he makes doughnuts in the morning, then works at McDonald's later.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

What is "get to.job one in the Castro"?

Job one is the first job the writer goes to every day. Lots of Americans have two or three jobs.

The Castro is a San Francisco neighborhood.

 

[Rover_KE]

It would help if Polyester would give us more information — such as in what country the book is set and what the jobs are.

 

[Polyester]

Is the following possible?

I wake up early today and go to get to job one in the Castro.

 

[tedmc]

Is the following possible?

I wake up early today and go to get to job one in the Castro.

Why do you have you write go to and get to at the same time?
Job One should be capitalized for reason stated in post #12.; if not say "my first job".

 

[probus]

Sometimes "job one" is an idiom meaning the most important or most urgent task.

 

[probus]

It would help if Polyester would give us more information — such as in what country the book is set and what the jobs are.

The Castro (a neighnourhood in San Francisco) sets the scene in California.

 

[Tarheel]

Is the following possible?

I woke up early today and went to [STRIKE]get to[/STRIKE] job one in the Castro.

 

[GoesStation]

Polyester, you need to set this book aside and read something simpler. It uses too much informal language.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It would help if Polyester would give us more information — such as in what country the book is set and what the jobs are.

The Castro is in the US. (See #13 and #18.)