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Englishfan25 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Can the word - 'good' be used here ?

Hi,
For an activity that takes a long time to get completed,can I say 'It takes a good time to complete this work'.In this context,can one use the word 'good' as a substitue for the word - 'long' ?
Thanks you.
  

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We can use 'good' to emphasise the large number, amount, level of sg. Have a good think. It takes a good lot of time to complete this work.

— Inchoateknowledge

  • We can use 'good' to emphasise the large number, amount, level of sg.
  • Have a good think.
  • It takes a good lot of time to complete this work.
  • This way it is correct.
  • 'It takes a good time,' Why not use this way?
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We can use 'good' to emphasise the large number, amount, level of sg.

Have a good think.
It takes a good lot of time to complete this work.
This way it is correct.
'It takes a good time,' Why not use this way?
In my opinion, your sentence is correct. However, i seldom if ever hear people say this way.

Inchoate
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In some local dialects or in colloquial language you might hear this, or 'a fair time'.

I think here, 'It takes a good time to complete..' is a shortened form of 'It takes a good length of time..'

Not all English dialects use this though. If you want to play it safe, I would say it's better to use 'long' instead of 'good'.
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I think that it should be "a good amount of time" in order to avoid confusion.
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Thethenothere123I think that it should be "a good amount of time" in order to avoid confusion.
I would agree with the above.
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