20years' experience

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Hi teachers,Can I say like this:?a/How many years'experience do you have of teaching English?b/How many years'experience do you have in  teaching English?c/How many years'experience do you have   teaching English?I have over 20 years' experience/over twenty- year experience   of teaching English?I have over 20 years' experience/ over twenty- year experience in  teaching English?I have over 20 years' experience / over twenty- year experience teaching English?I have over 20  years  of experience of teaching English?I have over 20  years  of experience in  teaching English?I have over 20  years  of experience teaching English?Thank you very much in advance

Philip · Accepted Answer

The 'of' construction sounds slightly irregular to me, although I can't tell you exactly why.   The others are fine.  [Perhaps it's just too close to the other 'of'.]

Tuongvan · Answer

Thank you Philips,
Can I say "How many years' experience do you have of / in teaching English ?

Best wishes

EagerSeeker · Answer

TuongvanCan I say "How many years' experience do you have of / in teaching English ?
Best wishes

Looks fine to me.

TuongvanI have over 20 years' experience teaching English?

This is an interesting sentence. I just found a similar one from one of my books and I am not quite sure how to understand it.
On the basis of my dictionary I would like to use either of or in with that sentence but not without both of them.
Can somebody tell me how the -ing form of teaching is used in this sentence? Is it used in the similar way like in the following sentences:

Who's the girl dancing with your brother?
Putting down my newspaper, I walked over to the window.
Judging from his expression, he's in a bad mood.

Or is the sentence I have over 20 years' experience teaching English just an informal way (of or in dropped) to say the same thing like the one with prepositions.

Thanks

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