Long in english

• • Pop-out player Today, we answer a question from Jorge in Colombia. He writes: Question: I’d like to know the difference between “how long” and “how much time.” When should I use them? Thank you – from Jorge in Colombia Answer: Dear Jorge, Thank you for your question. Both “how long” and “how much time” are used to ask about the amount of time something takes or has taken. But there are differences between the two. Let us take a look at them. How long You will probably hear “how long” more than “how much time.” It can sound less formal than “how much time” and many speakers find it more natural. It often comes at the beginning of a question. Here are a few examples: How long have you lived in Texas? How long will you be at the store? “How long” is often used with the present perfect verb tense. So, the questions you may want to ask will likely begin with “how long have you...” English speakers do not use “How long” directly before the word “time.” It is not correct to say “how long time.” However, you may hear, “how long a time” in some situations, as in this example: How long a time will we have to wait for the test result? How much time “How much time” is more exact than “how long”. You will hear it at the beginning of a question. It is often used when asking about a shorter length of time. English speakers may think it sounds a bit awkward to say “how much time” when not asking for or giving directions. For example, you might use “how much time” to ask for the amount...

vowel / consonant / e the vowel is a long vowel sound, and the final "e" is silent. Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold): 1) b ake 2) r ate 3) l ate 4) ate 5) c ake 6) tr ade 7) m ade 8) d ate 9) n ame 10) gr ade 2. ai Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold): 1) w ait 2) p ain 3) dr ain 4) t ail 5) st ain 6) p ail 7) n ail 8) sn ail 9) r ain 10) j ail 3. ay Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold): 1) w ay 2) s ay 3) m ay 4) d ay 5) l ay 6) r ay 7) Mond ay 8) pl ay 9) st ay 10) aw ay 4. eigh Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold): 1) eight 2) weight 3) n eighbor 4) fr eight 5) eighteen 6) sl eigh 7) eighty 8) neighborhood There are a few other less common spellings of the long A sound. Here are some more long A words. (The long A sounds are in bold.) 1) r ein 2) angel 3) Asia 4) apron 5) apricot 6) April 7) r adio 8) p atient 9) l azy 10) f atal Now say these sentences out loud (the long A sounds are bold): 1) St ay aw ay from the cr azy n eighbor! 2) I m ay travel to Asia in the month of April. 3) She ate eighteen gr apes tod ay. 4) Yesterd ay, I w aited in the r ain. 5) Did you s ay you had a d ate tonight? 7) Nick b aked a c ake for Thursd ay. 8) I listen to the r adio on my w ay home from work each d ay. 9) I am afr aid of p ain. 10) Please put your n ame at the top of the p aper. Have you finished them all? Great job! Lesson 01: International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Lesson 02: Word Stress and Syllables Lesson 03: Long...

He got up and sat on the edge of the bedstead with his back to the window. “It’s better not to sleep at all,” he decided. There was a cold damp draught from the window, however; without getting up he drew the blanket over him and wrapped himself in it. He was not thinking of anything and did not want to think. But one image rose after another, incoherent scraps of thought without beginning or end passed through his mind. He sank into drowsiness. Perhaps the cold, or the dampness, or the dark, or the wind that howled under the window and tossed the trees roused a sort of persistent craving for the fantastic. He kept dwelling on images of flowers, he fancied a charming flower garden, a bright, warm, almost hot day, a holiday—Trinity day. A fine, sumptuous country cottage in the English taste overgrown with fragrant flowers, with flower beds going round the house; the porch, wreathed in climbers, was surrounded with beds of roses. A light, cool staircase, carpeted with rich rugs, was decorated with rare plants in china pots. He noticed particularly in the windows nosegays of tender, white, heavily fragrant narcissus bending over their bright, green, thick long stalks. He was reluctant to move away from them, but he went up the stairs and came into a large, high drawing-room and again everywhere—at the windows, the doors on to the balcony, and on the balcony itself—were flowers. The floors were strewn with freshly-cut fragrant hay, the windows were open, a fresh, cool, light a...

Definition - physically beautiful If the meaning of this word seems counterintuitive, it's probably because the word's Latin ancestor pulcher ("beautiful") is unfamiliar, and pulchritudinous sounds more disgusting than enchanting. We have been using pulchritude to refer to beauty since the 15th century. Pulchritudinous is a more recent addition to our language; its use dates to the early 18th century, and only began to be used to specifically refer to people’s beauty in the middle of the 19th. The braided locks of the pulchritudinous fair ones, with their infinity of triple plaits, are lent to the mercies of the wind. — The Athenæum (London, Eng.), 25 Sept. 1858 Definition - of the same blood or origin; specifically : descended from the same ancestor Consanguineous is sometimes used to describe marriages or intimate relationships, such as when geneticists discuss birth defects in the offspring of consanguineous unions (i.e., unions between close relatives). Nowadays, we understand that ancestral contributions are not transmitted through blood but through genes contained in chromosomes. The middle portion of consanguineous comes from the Latin sanguin-, meaning “blood.” This root is also found in sanguine, a word which, confusingly enough, may be defined as “marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic.” The reason for this is that an early meaning of sanguine was “having blood as the predominating bodily humor,” with humor here referring to “one of the four fluids ...

Level: beginner We use for to say how long: We have been waiting for twenty minutes. They lived in Manchester for fifteen years. We can also use a noun phrase without for: Let’s go. We’ve been waiting nearly an hour. I’ve worked here twenty years. We use since with the present perfect or the past perfect to say when something started: I have worked here since December. They had been watching since seven o’clock in the morning. How long 1 We use from … to/until to say when something starts and finishes: They stayed with us from Monday to Friday. We will be on holiday from the sixteenth until the twentieth. Be careful! We can use to or until with a noun phrase: My great-grandmother lived in Liverpool from 1940 to her death. My great-grandmother lived in Liverpool from 1940 until her death. But we can only use until with a clause: My great-grandmother lived in Liverpool from 1940 to she died. My great-grandmother lived in Liverpool from 1940 until she died. How long 2 Book traversal links for How long • ‹ When (time and dates) • • › Hello! Could you please help me with the following: Could you please tell me if both options are possible: 1. He has been waiting to be served (in a cafe) for two hours. 2. He has been waiting for two hours to be served (in a cafe). Thank you so much for your helpfulness and I'm very grateful for your answer to this post beforehand!!! • Hello howtosay_, To be honest, I find both of these awkward, especially 2. Unless all three parts (to be served,...