I started a new business 1.5 years ago, and now am trying to expand our product line

[B45]

I started a new business 1.5 years ago, and now am trying to expand our product line and push the brand to the next level.

Is the sentence grammatical and does it make sense?

 

[tedmc]

I started a new business 1.5 years ago, and now I am trying to expand our product line and [STRIKE]push[/STRIKE] take the brand to the next level.

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[B45]

I started a new business 1.5 years ago, and now am trying to expand our product line and push the brand to the next level.

I'm not sure if I should use trying here... Is push wrong, because I've seen it used like that before.

 

[tedmc]

Omitting 'I' is OK but I thought having it makes the sentence sound better.
I would like to hear from the teachers.

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[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

I don't think 'push' is wrong.

People do 'take things to the next level', but if it is an arduous/laborious process, 'push' would convey that idea quite well.

 

[tedmc]

Push implies an element of force. IMO, 'take' sounds better.

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[Rover_KE]

'1.5 years' is not colloquial.

Say 'eighteen months' or 'a year and a half'.

 

[B45]

I started a new business 1.5 years ago, and now am trying to expand our product line and push the brand to the next level.

Other than the 1.5 years, the sentence is okay then?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I started a new business a year and a half ago, and now am trying to expand our product line and push the brand to the next level.

Is the sentence grammatical and does it make sense?

Yes. But don't say "1.5 years."

 

[Raymott]

It's better with "... and am now trying ..." not "... and now am trying ...", at least to my ears.

 

[tedmc]

Raymott
I'd like your comment on my posts, 2, 4 and 6. Thanks.

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