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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

All... long

Are these sentences correct:

a) "I waited all afternoon long for him."

b) "I waited all evening long for him."

  

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" Yes, but those aren't the most typical words used in the expression all ____ long . Google Ngrams gives these as the top ten. The first three are quite common.

— CalifJim

  • " Yes, but those aren't the most typical words used in the expression all ____ long .
  • Google Ngrams gives these as the top ten.
  • The first three are quite common.
  • The next three are also used often.
  • In comparison, the rest are used much less often but are certainly not wrong.
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Christine Christie

Are these sentences correct:

a) "I waited all afternoon long for him."
b) "I waited all evening long for him."

Yes, but those aren't the most typical words used in the expression all ____ long.

Google Ngrams gives t

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