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Inelements Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A in "a long time ago"

Hello,

In a sentence, such as "It's been a long time since I last saw you".
Why do you have to have "a" in front of the word, "long"?
  

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inelements Why do you have to have "a" in front of the word, "long"? You have to use the indefinite article 'a ' there, maybe, because you're talking about a non-specific or indefinite time from the past up to now.

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  • inelements Why do you have to have "a" in front of the word, "long"?
  • You have to use the indefinite article 'a ' there, maybe, because you're talking about a non-specific or indefinite time from the past up to now.
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inelementsWhy do you have to have "a" in front of the word, "long"?
You have to use the indefinite article 'a' there, maybe, because you're talking about a non-specific or indefinite time from the past up to now.
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Thank you for your reply. So, time is countable??
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Time can be countable or uncountable.

In a context like yours, it is countable.
Consider. You are specifying a long time, not eg a short time, not eg a medium time.
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I think I understand now. Thank you!
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Thanks for this question and the answers.
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