I mean I will continue to work for this company for maybe some months or some years, so can I use "for some time" as I mentioned in the title. What would a native speaker say? Thanks in advance.
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The most common term for this would be "for the foreseeable future".
I will work for this company for the foreseeable future.
If you say that something will happen for the foreseeable future, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time. e.g. Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the foreseeable future.
If, on the other hand, you plan to continue working for your company before moving to his company. You should use the term "until".
I will work for this company until I join your company.
conjunction
up to the time that or when; till: He read until his guests arrived.
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1Thank you, Ronan, I was replying a mail to a manager from another company who invite me to join his company. I want to imply that I want to join him, maybe several months later, and I want to make the mail sound a bit more hopeful. For this scenario, is "for the foreseeable future" the best choice?– xhxerCommented May 14, 2014 at 9:07
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Yes, this would make it seem like you want to work for him as long as possible.– RonanCommented May 14, 2014 at 9:08
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You may want to say "I plan to work" or "I intend to work" rather than "I will work". To me, it sounds a bit awkward to predict the future rather than stating a present intention or expectation. Commented May 14, 2014 at 9:18
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@Ronan, I thinks there's some misunderstandings, what I'm trying to say is "I'll continue to work for current company for some time", then I'll leave current company and join his. I don't want him to think that it would take a long time for me to leave my current company, that sounds hopeless to him.– xhxerCommented May 14, 2014 at 9:18
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Okay, that is a slightly different question. I will edit my answer to show that variation.– RonanCommented May 14, 2014 at 9:19
"I'll work for this company for as long as it takes, then I'll join yours."
as long as: for or during just the lenght of time that.
I mean I will continue to work for this company for maybe some months or some years, so can I use "for some time" as I mentioned in the title. What would a native speaker say? Thanks in advance.>
You could write something like this to sound interested and hopeful:
Thank you, ...[so and so], for your confidence in my abilities as ...[such and such position]. I am confident I will be an asset to your company. However, I can not accept your offer at the present time. And I will be more than happy to revisit this question in the near future.
It would be a good sentence if it were "I will work for a few months/days/years in this company".
