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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

long ago and a long ago

Hi,

I would like to know how to use those phrases correctly. They are 'long ago' and 'a long ago'.
  

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Hi, You can't use 'a long ago'. It would have to be 'a long time ago'. It means the same as 'long ago'.

— Nona the brit

  • Hi, You can't use 'a long ago'.
  • It would have to be 'a long time ago'.
  • It means the same as 'long ago'.
  • These phrases just mean something happened in the fairly distant past.
  • I don't remember much of my studies at primary school as it was a long time ago.
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Hi,

You can't use 'a long ago'. It would have to be 'a long time ago'. It means the same as 'long ago'.

These phrases just mean something happened in the fairly distant past.

I don't remember much of my studies at primary school as it was a long time ago.

Long ago, people used to live in small huts made of wattle and daub.
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