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Thyme Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

(a) long time

Hello, Could you give me a hint is it correct to use article before 'time' or not:
'during a long time' or 'during long time'?
Thanks
  

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I haven't seen you in a long time. It's been a long time since we met. A long time ago, there lived in the pond a certain little green frog, named Kermit.

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  • I haven't seen you in a long time.
  • It's been a long time since we met.
  • A long time ago, there lived in the pond a certain little green frog, named Kermit.
  • The a is required in all of these sentences.
  • during a long time - is not natural.
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I haven't seen you in a long time.
It's been a long time since we met.
A long time ago, there lived in the pond a certain little green frog, named Kermit.
The a is required in all of these sentences.

during a long time - is not natural.
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Thanks a lot, AlpheccaStars,
May be then it will be better to use 'for a long time' here:
Research were carried out for a long time
I want to say that there were many research during many years
Thanks once more
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Research is (American English) mostly used as a non-count noun:

We engaged in research for a long time before the discovery.
Research was done on cancer for many years before scientists discovered that understanding the genome was essential to finding a cure.
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