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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Was long been

Ukraine and the West had repeatedly called for Savchenko's release and a prisoner swap was long been considered likely. (BBC website.)

Is "was long been considered" an idiomatic wording as it is in the above?
  

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No. The sentence is not correct. a prisoner swap had long been considered likely.

  • No.
  • The sentence is not correct.
  • a prisoner swap had long been considered likely.
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No. The sentence is not correct.

...a prisoner swap had long been considered likely.
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EnglishmavenNo. The sentence is not correct....a prisoner swap had long been considered likely.
Thanks.

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