I was there with my family and we were with a tour and this was back in the 90's.

[B45]

My son writes in a report:

I was there with my family and we were with a tour and this was back in the 90's.

VS

I was there with my family on a tour and this was back in the 90's.

Are both okay? What would a native say?

 

[emsr2d2]

The first is very long-winded and it has too many "and"s. It would be perfectly reasonable to hear a native speaker say it because we generally don't think ahead when we talk. We start a sentence and then we just keep adding to it!

In writing though, I would use "I went there on a tour with my family back in the 90s".

 

[B45]

The first is very long-winded and it has too many "and"s. It would be perfectly reasonable to hear a native speaker say it because we generally don't think ahead when we talk. We start a sentence and then we just keep adding to it!

In writing though, I would use "I went there on a tour with my family back in the 90s".

So - I was there with my family on a tour - is wrong.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Not a teacher nor a native speaker.

There's nothing wrong with your sentence. The question is would native speakers say it? ;-)

 

[B45]

Not a teacher nor a native speaker.

There's nothing wrong with your sentence. The question is would native speakers say it? ;-)

I was there with my family on a tour is the exact opposite of emsr2d2 suggested, so I just want to be sure.

 

[emsr2d2]

W​hy do you think my version is the exact opposite of yours? Are you solely referring to the word order of "on a tour" and "with my family"?

 

[B45]

W​hey do you think my version is the exact opposite of yours? Are you solely referring to the word order of "on a tour" and "with my family"?

Yes, the word order is opposite from your suggestions.

 

[Tdol]

Your word order is not wrong, but it sounds better to me the way emsr2d2 said it.