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Kazupocketmonster Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Is this acceptable English?
Two years ago, I left the company I had worked for for 5 years.
Is this consecutive ‘for’ confusing?
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No, it is not confusing in terms of meaning. In speech it is passable, but stylistically it does not look great written down. You can instead write: Two years ago, I left the company where I had worked for five years.
- No, it is not confusing in terms of meaning.
- In speech it is passable, but stylistically it does not look great written down.
- You can instead write: Two years ago, I left the company where I had worked for five years.
- It is good style to write small numbers in words.
- You did this for "two" but not for "five".
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No, it is not confusing in terms of meaning. In speech it is passable, but stylistically it does not look great written down. You can instead write:
Two years ago, I left the company where I had worked for five years.
It is good style to write small numbers in words. You did this for "two" but not for "five".
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