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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

How long and how far

Is the how long and how far is the same thing? I am confused about it.

  

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'How long' and 'how far' are similar but are used in different circumstances. You could use them interchangeably in a scenario like this: How long is the journey to London? / How far is it to London?

— David Hatton

  • 'How long' and 'how far' are similar but are used in different circumstances.
  • You could use them interchangeably in a scenario like this: How long is the journey to London?
  • / How far is it to London?
  • ' so it's not perfect.
  • In general, use 'how long' when you are talking about an object and want to know its length, or when you want to know something regarding time: How long is the bench?
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'How long' and 'how far' are similar but are used in different circumstances.

You could use them interchangeably in a scenario like this:

How long is the journey to London? / How far is it to London?

However, it could be read as 'How long [in time] is it to London?' so it's not perfect.

In general, use 'how long' when you are talking about an object and want to

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