Please see the following sentence:
I had had an English training for one year long since I joined in the company five years ago.
And what exactly I want to say is:
I had an English training five years ago when I joined in the company. And the training lasted for one year.
So, question comes. Is my sentence correct? And how should I correct it?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi all,
First of all, many thanks to rysperski, cause I think he just answered my question. And I'd like to quote his comments here, just for your reference.
One of the english grammar rule says that when we are just reporting something that happened in the past, we should use Past Simple [ usually with time clsuses like: yesterday, two weeks ago, last sunday...etc]...so, in this particular case I most willingly would have written:
When I joined my present company five years ago, I had a one-year training to improve my English.
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Weww, it's great to have Sir Rysperski and Sir Jeffrey here... Many thanks for your explanation. :)
Since I also have problems with tenses, I found this question and the answer useful. Thank you, dear Rysperski and Rick!
Oi there,
One of the english grammar rule says that when we are just reporting something that happened in the past, we should use Past Simple [ usually with time clsuses like: yesterday, two weeks ago, last sunday...etc]...so, in this particular case I most willingly would have written:
When I joined my present company five years ago, I had a one-year training to improve my English.