# Change jobs vs Change my job **URL:** \ **Category:** English Grammar & Usage\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967 "2018-06-06T03:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/1 "2018-06-06T03:05:10Z")
> [@ABC in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/abc-in-taiwan/169964/7): > > People keep telling me to **change job** but I love teaching and I’m good at it. Double busted. ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/2 "2018-06-06T03:08:11Z")
Borderline. Need a second opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/3 "2018-06-06T03:09:31Z")
Is “change job” proper English? @discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/discobot/32/4931_2.png) [@discobot](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/4 "2018-06-06T03:09:34Z")
> 🔮 Cannot predict now ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/5 "2018-06-06T03:09:54Z")
Well, English isn’t your first language anyway… ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/6 "2018-06-06T03:10:08Z")
Why is it “jobs” though? I agree it is but for the life of me I’ve no idea why… ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/7 "2018-06-06T03:10:47Z")
I guess because you’re switching from one job to another, so there are two jobs involved. ---
**Author:** ![endy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@endy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/endy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/8 "2018-06-06T03:33:07Z")
a quirk of english where you can’t refer to a singular of something without an article or possessive. ‘i like car’ = bad, ‘i like cars’ = good. ‘change job’ = bad, ‘change my job’ = good. ‘change a job’ = grammatically ok but weird. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/9 "2018-06-06T03:40:49Z")
> [@ABC in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/abc-in-taiwan/169964/15): > > ‘change my job’ = good. I don’t know. This seems a little weird too. ---
**Author:** ![endy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@endy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/endy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/10 "2018-06-06T03:47:36Z")
‘ugh i want to change my job’ is grammatically fine and is fine to use as well, although it isn’t as used as much as ‘change jobs’. you can google search ‘change my job’ and you will see a lot of places where that snippet is used. ‘change job’ is not grammatically correct - it doesn’t have anything to do with two jobs being involved, it’s that you can’t use the singular ‘job’ by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/11 "2018-06-06T03:54:00Z")
> [@ABC in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/abc-in-taiwan/169964/17): > > i want to change my job’ is grammatically fine and is fine to use as well, although it isn’t as used as much as ‘change jobs’. Problem is, the meaning seems ambiguous. It could mean I want to change the nature, duties etc. of my current job. > [@ABC in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/abc-in-taiwan/169964/17): > > you can google search ‘change my job’ and you will see a lot of places where that snippet is used. A google search is hardly the arbiter of good grammar. ---
**Author:** ![endy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@endy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/endy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/12 "2018-06-06T03:57:40Z")
it is grammatically fine. it might sound odd to you and it isn’t as used as much as ‘change jobs’, but that doesn’t make it incorrect to use. ‘quit my job’ = standard way to say this. ‘quit job’ = grammatically wrong (note that in this case there is only one job, so by your explanation, this should be fine, but it isn’t). ‘change my job’ = grammatically ok but might sound weird. ‘change jobs’ = standard way to say this. ‘change job’ = grammatically wrong because of the incorrect use of a singular. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/13 "2018-06-06T04:01:08Z")
> [@ABC in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/abc-in-taiwan/169964/20): > > ‘change my job’ = grammatically ok but might sound weird. OK, endy, feel free to use “change my job” the next time you want to change jobs. I won’t hold you back. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/14 "2018-06-06T04:01:47Z")
You could change to a new job, too. ---
**Author:** ![endy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@endy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/endy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/15 "2018-06-06T04:02:02Z")
i use ‘change jobs’ like you do. i’m just explaining english rules that’s all. there’s a difference between what’s grammatically correct/incorrect and what merely sounds weird. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/16 "2018-06-06T04:04:06Z")
> [@ABC in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/abc-in-taiwan/169964/23): > > i use ‘change jobs’ like you do. Actually, I prefer “switch jobs.” 😁 ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/17 "2018-06-06T04:10:03Z")
The term we language professionals prefer is “idiomatic” 🙂 “Change my name” seems ok. I’m sure we could think of others. I would say that “change my job” is unidiomatic. “Get a new job”, “quit my job” seem more likely. Maybe we can’t really “change” things external to us. “Change my hairstyle” seems good, but not “change my car.” ---
**Author:** ![Nightdiver13](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@Nightdiver13](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Nightdiver13)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/change-jobs-vs-change-my-job/169967/18 "2018-06-06T07:46:58Z")
Where does “I love lamp” fit in all of this?