If you had asked me 3 years ago, I'd have told you I didn't want to be a teacher.
I had never thought of being a teacher until 3 years ago.

Are the sentences above almost the same meaning?

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Lennaaa17

26 Dec 2017

English (US)

They don’t have the same meaning.
The first sentence says: I didn’t want to be a teacher 3 years ago.
The second sentence: I didn’t want to be a teacher until 3 years ago.

With the first sentence, it means 3 years ago, you wouldn’t want to have been a teacher.
In the second, because of the “until”. So, the dislike of being a teacher stopped 3 years ago, and then you thought about it.

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If you had asked me 3 years ago, I'd have told you I didn't want to be a teacher. I had never thought of being a teacher until 3 years ago.

If you had asked me 3 years ago, I'd have told you I didn't want to be a teacher.
I had never thought of being a teacher until 3 years ago.