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Waïti Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

It's been long since...



Can anyone tell me if this is correctly constructed, with regards to the use of the expression 'it's been long since...' ? I'm trying to say that something stopped being what we think it is sometime ago. In other words our current understanding of how it works was valid until a point in time in the past, but is no longer now.

It's been long since the 'eeee' part (first 4 digits) of the batch id ceased coding the true emulsion number.

And sorry for the boring technical jargon here...
Thanks a bunch.
  

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Yes, it's constructed correctly-- it's equivalent to it's been a long time since . However, the phrase is a bit lyrical for a technical treatise.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, it's constructed correctly-- it's equivalent to it's been a long time since .
  • However, the phrase is a bit lyrical for a technical treatise.
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Yes, it's constructed correctly-- it's equivalent to it's been a long time since. However, the phrase is a bit lyrical for a technical treatise.

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'Mercy buckets' doctor Micawber. So you've noticed I was trying to practice my best english on a vulgar technical document...Emotion: geeked
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Dear sirs,

Perhaps we may say «It is a long time since the 'eeee' part (first 4 digits) of the batch id coded the true emulsion number».

Kind regards,
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