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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"waiting for a long"
Is Waiting for a long = Waiting for a long time?
She became impatient and just left to her home, after waiting for a long for you.
Have you seen the boy who had been sitting here and waiting for a long to see his father?
He was waiting for his dad for so long that he fainted for a while before his dad's arrival.
I can't waiting for that long.
Please check the above sentences and correct if there are any grammar errors in them.
Can we use waiting from a long?
Thanks
She became impatient and just left to her home, after waiting for a long for you.
Have you seen the boy who had been sitting here and waiting for a long to see his father?
He was waiting for his dad for so long that he fainted for a while before his dad's arrival.
I can't waiting for that long.
Please check the above sentences and correct if there are any grammar errors in them.
Can we use waiting from a long?
Thanks
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I find it easier to respond if the sentences have been numbered. 1. just left for home * 2.
- I find it easier to respond if the sentences have been numbered.
- 1.
- just left for home * 2.
- * 3.
- I can't wait that long ** options: wait (for) long; wait (for) a long time
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I find it easier to respond if the sentences have been numbered.
1. just left for home *
2. *
3. I can't wait that long
** options: wait (for) long; wait (for) a long time
1. just left for home *
2. *
3. I can't wait that long
** options: wait (for) long; wait (for) a long time
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Is Waiting for a long = Waiting for a long time? You can't say 'a long'. You need to say 'a long time'.
She became impatient and just left to go home, after waiting for a long time for you.
Have you seen the boy who had been sitting here and
She became impatient and just left to go home, after waiting for a long time for you.
Have you seen the boy who had been sitting here and
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CliveYou can't say 'a long'. You need to say 'a long time'.Ok, so Waiting for a long can never be used in English? Why I'm asking because I have seen them on many web pages that uses Waiting for a long.... and even I used few times while writing email to someone.
CliveShe became impatient and just left to go home, after waiting for a l
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Wonder123left to go home = left for home? can we use left to home.No. Use either left for home or left to go home.
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Ok got it, but the below is sentence is Ok right?
He was waiting for his dad for so long that he fainted for a while before his dad's arrival.
He was waiting for his dad for so long that he fainted for a while before his dad's arrival.
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Wonder123Ok got it, but the below is sentence is Ok right?He was waiting for his dad for so long that he fainted for a while before his dad's arrival.Yep, despite the slightly strange meaning...
As for 'a long', we have an article (a) and an adjective (long), but no noun. If we are using the article, we also need to include the noun e.g. 'Did you wai
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AnonymousDid you wait long?Can we omit time here and what does this will mean to the listeners/readers?
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