Do you have any friends in California. I say: I used to have a lot of friends ther

[B45]

Do you have any friends in California. I say:


I used to have a lot of friends there, but most of them have moved back to their home country.

VS

I used to have a lot of friends there, but most of them moved back to their home country.

What's the difference here? Are both okay?

 

[Rover_KE]

They're both OK.

There's no effective difference: they're not there anymore.

 

[B45]

What would a native English speaker say?

 

[Rover_KE]

Either of them.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Did they all come from the same country?

 

[B45]

Actually, no.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Then your sentences should end with "countries".