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What is the difference between in a long time and for a long time
?Have you been waiting for the bus for a long time-
I've not seen you in a long time - ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between in a long time and for a long time
?Have you been waiting for the bus for a long time-
I've not seen you in a long time - ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
?Have you been waiting for the bus for a long time-
I've not seen you in a long time - ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"waiting for a long time" = I am still waiting, I am in the process of waiting
"in a long time" = refers to an event in the past
"I've not seen you in a long time" could be modified to "I've missed you for a long time", "I've yearned for you for a long time". In these modifications the missing, the yearning is ongoing, it's still happening--whereas the actual seeing is an event in the past.
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