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I am an ESL student and I wonder what the following sentence means.
During 1985 to 1988 , I worked at X company
Does it mean that 1988 was included?
I am not quite sure about the meaning since when this sentence was translated into my language, it meant that the person stopped their work in the beginning of 1988. However, I thought it meant that 1988 is included.
The phrasing indicates that employment at X began sometime between 1985-01-01 and 1985-12-31, and ended sometime between 1988-01-01 and 1988-12-31.
Best usage would be to use common date notations on a CV, with the dates abutting each other.
For example:
- From 1985 to 1988 he worked at X.
- From 1988 to 1993 he worked at Y.
This describes the broadest outlines of employment, although it does allow for anywhere between a period of unemployment nearly a year long, or almost an entire year's overlap between employers.
Yes, 1988 is included in the span of work at X company.
I got the impression that it means someone started work for a company, sometime in 1985 and stopped sometime in 1988. I wrote the word sometimes because, no particular date in 1985 or 1988 was included.
The way it is written is a little awkward. To sound more natural, I would word it as From 1985 to 1988, I worked for X company, and write the name of the particular company where you have written "X company".
