I think it was worth

[chango descalzo]

Hi folks, my tutor told me that the sentence would sound better if it said "it was worth it". But to me this way sounds rather redundadant.
What do you think?
This is the context:
The cost was rather expensive, something like two thousand if I count it in dollars. I still am paying month to month. But I think it was worth.

 

[timpeac]

Hi folks, my tutor told me that the sentence would sound better if it said "it was worth it". But to me this way sounds rather redundadant.
What do you think?
This is the context:
The cost was rather expensive, something like two thousand if I count it in dollars. I still am paying month to month. But I think it was worth.

Your teacher is partly right - but it's more than "sound better" actually the "it" is essential. "I think it was worth" isn't grammatically correct.

 

[chango descalzo]

Your teacher is partly right - but it's more than "sound better" actually the "it" is essential. "I think it was worth" isn't grammatically correct.

Ok I trust her and you as well; maybe it is just my Spanish mind structure. I rather resist to repeat "it" in the same prhase.

 

[Cagey]

[...] I rather resist to repeat "it" in the same phrase.

The "its" refer to two different things:

But I think [the case] was worth [two thousand dollars].
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If you want to avoid repeating the pronoun "it", you could use the noun it replaces instead - or an appropriate substitute, for example:

But I think it was worth every cent.
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[chango descalzo]

Thank you Cagey, that would sound good to me.

 

[Alma Shofner]

Hi chango descalzo,
Here you have a CA version of your frase:
The cost was rather high, around two thousand US dollars. I still pay monthly, and I think it is worth it.
Regards

 

[chango descalzo]

Thank you Alma. So you don't care repeating 'it' twice.
I see