If you were working/had been working...

[chameleon82]

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

1. If you were working like me in a big company, you would have been a manager like me.

2. If you had been working like me in a big company, you would have been a manager like me.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

Hi, Chameleon!

The importance of grammar is that it gives clarity. Neither is grammatical because neither is clear.

Which does "working like me" mean?:

- using my work methods
- working as hard as I do
- working in a big company, as I do​

Which does "a manager like me" mean?:

- a manager now, just as I have become a manager
- a hard-working manager
- a manager who uses the same management methods I use​

 

[Rover_KE]

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