Is this Grammatical?

Question

Is this grammatical?
“Working in bookstores as I have, I've seen students ask for versions of books with smaller print because that they think means fewer actual pages to be read (and thus they think they can read it faster, especially as the report is usually due the next day), ignoring the fact that it's still actually the same amount of text to be read!”

I think it should be “ Working in bookstore as I have been….they think it means…”.

Answer 1

It's a run-on sentence. Mixed contractions and non-contractions.

“Having worked in bookstores, I often have seen students ask for versions of books with smaller print. They think that it means fewer actual pages to be read, thus they believe it can be read faster. Usually the report is due the next day. But they fail to realize, that it is still the same amount of text to be read!"

Answer 2

“Working in bookstores as I have, I've seen students ask for versions of books with smaller print because that they think means fewer actual pages to be read (and thus they think they can read it faster, especially as the report is usually due the next day), ignoring the fact that it's still actually the same amount of text to be read!”

Here is my version:

Working in bookstores, as I have, I've seen students ask for versions of books with smaller print because it means fewer actual pages to be read. Thus, they think they can read the books faster; especially as a report is usually due the next day. They aren't realizing that, although there are fewer pages, the amount of reading is the same.

"Working in bookstores as I have" is fine. Hope I've helped!

Answer 3

Working in bookstores, as I have been, I've seen students ask for versions of books with smaller print because they think it means fewer actual pages to be read (and thus they think they can read it faster, especially as the report is usually due the next day), ignoring the fact that it's still actually the same amount of text to be read!

A few errors

Answer 4

"working in bookstore" is certainly "not" the proper way to express this phrase. In fact, the best way to express your sentence would be - Working in a bookstore, I have seen.....You don't even need to include "as I have", it is already implied. Or, you could say, "I have worked in a bookstore or several bookstores, and I have (found, seen, learned, observed) that.....
Keep in mind - our language is the most difficult sometimes to put words and phrases into tenses that flow fluently and are grammatically correct. Good luck.

Answer 5

Recently, while working in bookstores, I've seen students...........

Answer 6

Do you mean grammatically correct?

Answer 7

I guess