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Yesterday I turned 49 years old.
It’s a turn of life.
I had continuing learn English everyday in 2025
→I have continued to learn English every day in 2025

We are thinking our strategy of my department in 2025.
Then we begun preparing to organize our operation in preparation for the April.

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Q
1.We begun preparing to organize our operation in preparation for the April merger.

2.We begun preparing to organize our operation for the April merger.

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in preparation がなくても意味は通じる、大きな差はなさそう。

1.「（具体的な目的に向けた）準備をする」という意味が強調⭕️
2.単に「合併に関連した業務整理を行う」という印象🤔

なので「準備をしている」ということを強調したければ1.になるくらい。