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I am trying to make a sentence in PAST Tense.I am working on company, So I am trying to ask him " From How long your working here in this Company ? "

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How long have you been working in this company?

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sanjeevi From How long your working here in this Company

Hi Sanjeevi, that doesn't make much sense. That's not a complete sentence, besides, the grammar you have used is not correct.

OK, I'm going to give you three different examples using three different tenses.

1) How long had you been working for that company before [you resigned / were made to leave / were fired / you came here to work]? Noticed that? With the past perfect continuous [had been working], you're asking the listener about how long they been working before something else, such as you resigned, were made to leave etc., in the past. With the above sentence, you are implying that the person doesn't work for that company any longer.

2) How long have you been working for that company? This is present perfect continuous. With this, you are asking the person about the time period for which s/he has been working for that company. Here, in this case, you are implying that the person is still in that company, s/he is still working for that company.

3) How long will you have been working for that company by this time next year? This is future perfect continuous. With this one, you asking the person about the time period for which s/he will have been working there by this time next year.

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If you simply want to ask someone about how long s/he worked for a company in the past, then say: How long did you work for that company?

If the person is still working for that company and you want to know the time period for which s/he has worked, then say: How long have you worked here/ for this company? OR How long have you been working here or for this company?

Sanjeevi · Answer

Thank you Very much. Yes this artical useful to me.

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