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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What's the structure of this sentence?

"The time has long since arrived when loyal Americans must measure that impact of their actions beyond the limits of their own towns or states."

Is the regular order like:

The time when loyal... has arrived since long?

OR

The time has long arrived since the time when loyal...?

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The sentence is correct. Perhaps it would help to bracket off the major parts of the sentence:

[The time] [has long since arrived] [when loyal Americans must measure the impact of their actions] [beyond the limits of their own towns and states.]
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AnonymousThe time when loyal... has arrived since long?
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The time has long arrived since the time when loyal...?
It's somewhat like each of these.

long since is an adverbial phrase that precedes a verb. It indicates that the time in question was quite some time ago. In this sentence the idea is that the time when Americans must thin
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The first one (almost)

The time when loyal Americans must measure that impact of their actions beyond the limits of their own towns or states arrived a long time ago.
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Let's see if this explanation helps; try thinking of it like this:

"The time has arrived ['long since arrived' means that it arrived a long time ago]"

-What time has arrived? The time "...when loyal Americans must measure that impact of their actions beyond the limits of their own towns or states."
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