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Hi, Pepito, Hi, Pepito,

It's been a while! It's been awhile!

I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I've had a lot going on. I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I've had a lot going on.

I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I've had a lot going on. I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I've had a lot going on.

"I've had a lot going on" is a set phrase.

MAs much as I'd like to tell you about what I've been up to lately, I have had to help my father with the shop. As much as I'd like to tell you about what I've been up to lately, I have had to help my father with the shop.

"I had" - is recent perfect present tense, which is used when something happened in the past but is still related to the present (i.e you can't tell them what's been up presently because you've been working at the shop)

MAs much as I'd like to tell you about what I've been up to lately, I had to've only been helping my father with the shop. As much as I'd like to tell you about what I've been up to lately, I've only been helping my father with the shop.

I'm not sure this is what you want to say but it sounds as if you want to contrast the first part of the sentence with the second part.

By the way, Aare you still looking for a new house? By the way, are you still looking for a new house?

By the way, Aare you still looking for a new house? By the way, are you still looking for a new house?

If so, I've just found an offer on a website whereof which I'm a member. If so, I've just found an offer on a website of which I'm a member.

It's reliable, t. Trust me;: my aunt bought her house herefrom it four years ago. It's reliable. Trust me: my aunt bought her house from it four years ago.

If I were you, I would immediately take a look, seeing that there are a lot of people keeping an eye on it all the time. If I were you, I would immediately take a look, seeing that there are a lot of people keeping an eye on it all the time.

"an eye all the time" could be corrected in two ways: 1.) "Keeping an eye on it all the time" (as I've done above) establishes that you are referring to the previous subject "the website" by using "on it" 2.) "Keeping an eye open for something all the time" is a more stylistic choice, but the English idiom "Keep an eye out" is used to refer to looking for something in particular (in this case, a house for sale on the website), so this would be the more stylistic choice Either way, I did not want to correct over you with an idiom, so I chose the more grammatically correct option, but either way would be fine.

If I were you, I would immediately take a look, seeing that there are a lot of people keeping an eye all the timwho buy houses from this site. If I were you, I would immediately take a look, seeing that there are a lot of people who buy houses from this site.

I have to go to bed early, as I'm havinge a job interview tomorrow. I have to go to bed early, as I have a job interview tomorrow.

"I'm having" implies that currently, right now as of this moment, you are having a job interview, whereas "I have" is the future tense needed to refer to something that's going to happen in the future

I have to go to bed early, as I'm because I havinge a job interview tomorrow. I have to go to bed early because I have a job interview tomorrow.

This sounds more natural in the US. We use "because" a lot more than "as."