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Joeviee Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Long time

0 Hello All, 02br
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00I had a chat with a native-speaker recently over msn messenger and he said this, "Haven't 02br
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00seen you IN a long time," and next " haven't seen you for long." 02br
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00For me, both sentences sound unnatural to me as i would prefer to say "haven't seen you FOR 02br
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00a long time". I wonder if "IN" and "FOR" in that sentence sounds the same to a native 02br
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00The second sentence, "haven't seen you for long", certainly sounds weird to me. How about 02br
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0'In' = 'for' commonly in this construction. The second sentence sounds unnatural and perhaps represents a typo. Did the two sentences arrive together in the same message?

— Mister Micawber

  • 0'In' = 'for' commonly in this construction.
  • The second sentence sounds unnatural and perhaps represents a typo.
  • Did the two sentences arrive together in the same message?
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0'In' = 'for' commonly in this construction. The second sentence sounds unnatural and perhaps represents a typo. Did the two sentences arrive together in the same message? 0-
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0 Thanks for your quick reply Mister M. Yes both sentences arrived together in the same message but it could be a typo like you said. Thanks for reassuring me that i am right. 0-
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