I love bagels (the cover page) -- Back to the US

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I am working in a software company for 8 years. Finally until last month, I had a chance to visit our company's US office for a global meeting. Although I had studied in US for 3 years, it was already more than 10 years ago. I was quite nervous to be back to the US, as I have no confidence on my English ability anymore after living in Japan for 7 years.
May 10th 2010 00:41 clammyalto

  • Back to US
  • Back to the US

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  • I am working in a software company for 8 years.
  • I have been am working in a software company for 8 years.

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  • Finally until last month, I had a chance to visit our company's US office for a global meeting.
  • Finally, until last month I had a chance to visit the/our company's US office for a global meeting.

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  • Although I had studied in US for 3 years, it was already more than 10 years ago.
  • Although I had studied in the US for 3 years, that it was already more than 10 years ago.

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  • I was quite nervous to be back to the US, as I have no confidence on my English ability anymore after living in Japan for 7 years.
  • I was quite nervous to be back to in the US, as I have no confidence in on my English ability anymore after living in Japan for 7 years.

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May 10th 2010 01:30 Street-Smart Language Learning

  • Finally until last month, I had a chance to visit our company's US office for a global meeting.
  • Finally until last month, I had a chance to visit our company's US office for a global meeting. [I think "our" sounds better than "the", although either is correct.]

 
May 10th 2010 11:50 Bobby

  • I am working in a software company for 8 years.
  • I have worked at a software company for 8 years now. [clammyalto's correction is also correct, this is another option which expresses looking back at a period of time.]

 

  • Finally until last month, I had a chance to visit our company's US office for a global meeting.
  • Last month, I finally had a chance to visit our company's US office for a global meeting. [putting 'finally' in this position sounds more natural.]

 

  • Although I had studied in US for 3 years, it was already more than 10 years ago.
  • Although I have studied in the US for 3 years, it is already over 10 years ago.

 

  • I was quite nervous to be back to the US, as I have no confidence on my English ability anymore after living in Japan for 7 years.
  • I was quite nervous to be back to the US, as I no longer have confidence in my English skills anymore after living in Japan for 7 years. [maybe use 'so many years' instead of stating the number of years?]

 
Practising your spoken English will make you more confident! Elliot asked me to have a look at your entry ^^

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