I have never taught of becoming a teacher in the future.
I am a part time tutor now.
How would you use the word "ironic"? in combining these two sentences...
2007-09-22 00:17:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Here it goes: I have never thought of becoming a teacher in the future so it is IRONIC that I am a part-time tutor now.
2007-09-22 00:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by Giles P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you HAD never thought of becoming a teacher, isn't that what you mean? The "in the future" refers to what was the future when you were younger?
It is ironic that I am a part-time tutor now, since I had never thought of becoming a teacher.
Or, if you do mean it the way you wrote it:
I am a part-time tutor now, so it is ironic that I have never thought of becoming a teacher in the future.
(Or maybe, "I am a part-time tutor now, so it is ironic that I have no plans to become a teacher in the future"--since obviously you HAVE "thought" about it.)
The irony is normally how things turn out, given the previous situation. That's why I changed which thing was ironic in the two sentences I wrote.
PS @ Fiona, the asker never suggested that s/he was an ENGLISH tutor!
2007-09-22 00:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is ironic that I have never "thought" of being a teacher since I am now a part time tutor.
2007-09-22 00:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by Badgerlady 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its ironic that I am now a part time tutor.I never thought of becoming a teacher.
2007-09-22 00:45:59 · answer #4 · answered by dicovi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's ironic how someone who teaches/tutors English has bad spelling and punctuation.
Also like a doctor who gets sick.
Or a policeman who gets robbed...etc.
2007-09-22 00:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by Fiona P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Normally, proper English would entail using "ironic" in the following sentence structure:
It is ironic that [something], since [something else]
or
As [something], it is ironic that [something else].
2007-09-22 01:41:02 · answer #6 · answered by hjh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋