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[yoshi-pooh]

Hi, everyone!

Is it acceptable to say,

"I work for the bank for many years."

instead of saying,

" I've been working for the bank for many years"?

thank you!

yoshi-pooh

[2006]

No, but you can say 'I have worked for the bank for many years.'

Your four middle lines are all part of one sentence, so you should run them all together instead of using four lines.

[yoshi-pooh]

Hi, 2006

Thanks for your reply to my question and the advice regarding my dividing one sentence into four lines.

yoshi-pooh