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the difference between

any longer or no longer

in a long time or for a long time

two hours and a half or two and half hours

11 Feb 2015

yanogator

"no longer" = "not any longer"

She is no longer a student.

She is not a student any longer.

With time, "in" means a period into the future (or sometimes from the past, in a negative statement), and "for" means a duration.

It will be Spring in a month.

It will still be Winter for another month.

I haven �t seen my sister in a long time.

My sister will move back to Ohio in a long time.

My sister has been living in Colorado for a long time.

In the US, we say "two and a half hours", but I �m not sure about British usage here.

Bruce

12 Feb 2015

Peter Hardy

Bruce explained it quite well.

And here in Oz we say "Two and a half hours" too. Cheers.

12 Feb 2015

spinney

We say "an hour and a half" but "two and a half hours." The first one is said that way because "an hour" it isn �t a number, it �s a noun. That �s what I always tell my students anyway.

12 Feb 2015