- Portuguese (Brazil)
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Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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Simplified Chinese (China)
He was fired due to some cuts that the company had made in the technical department back then. Does this sound natural?
- English (US)
Natural
You could omit "back then" at the end of the sentence as it does not add any information. But the sentence is correct.
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