I have been with this company longer than you have

[tufguy]

1) I have been with this company longer than you have.

2) ) I have been with this company longer than you did.

3) ) I have been with this company longer than John has.

Please check my sentences.

 

[Tarheel]

One and three are OK. Number two is not.

 

[emsr2d2]

Please check my sentences. (Always put this at the start of your post, not the end.)

1) I have been with this company longer than you have.
2) I have been with this company longer than you did.
3) I have been with this company longer than John has.

See above. I have no idea why you put an extra bracket after the numbers 2 and 3.

 

[tufguy]

See above. I have no idea why you put an extra bracket after the numbers 2 and 3.

To segregate numbering from sentences.

 

[Rover_KE]

That’s totally wrong.

 

[emsr2d2]

To segregate the numbering from the sentences.

I understand the concept of using one bracket to do that, as you did with sentence #1, but with sentences #2 and #3, you put two brackets after the number. Why?

 

[tufguy]

I understand the concept of using one bracket to do that, as you did with sentence #1, but with sentences #2 and #3, you put two brackets after the number. Why?

Sorry, that was a typo.