a long time had passed vs long time have gone

The correct phrase is 'a long time had passed.' The incorrect phrase 'long time have gone' should be corrected to 'a long time has gone.' The first phrase is commonly used to indicate that a significant amount of time has elapsed, while the incorrect phrase has a subject-verb agreement error.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 963 views

a long time had passed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a significant amount of time has elapsed in the past.

Examples:

A long time had passed since we last saw each other.
By the time he returned, a long time had passed.
She realized that a long time had passed since she started working on the project.

long time have gone

This phrase is incorrect due to a subject-verb agreement error. It should be 'a long time has gone.'

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But such times have long since gone.
The times have long gone when the budget came under consideration in one place for six months or so and then for the rest of the year another committee was responsible for budget control.
And maybe that somebody is you, come to see us after a long time gone.
Two years is a long time to be gone.
That samurai is long gone, times have changed.
Son, it's been a long time since we've gone to your mum's grave.
Planet is going to be here a long, long, long time after we're gone, and it will heal itself.
The time has long gone for simple compromises, which some, moreover, are saying will be difficult to achieve.
So when we look at the sky we don't see how it is today, but a kind of newsreel of the past that shows the lights from a time long gone.
Whenever I go back to those long gone times of my life, I hear the noise of a variety of passions and a mix ed roaring of storms.
We've known that for a long time. We've gone through the Sputnik phase, and now, as you see the increase in the pace of what we're doing, it becomes even more prominent. Where are all these people going to come from?
We should have gone back a long time ago.
If I'd made business decisions based on sentiment I would have gone bust a long time ago.
Some things have gone on here that I'm just becoming aware of. I was kept in the dark - as you were - for a very long time.
If it was for banned books you would have gone a long time ago and I would not have opened the door.
They're already off-base at that point, and that happened a long time ago, so... I think it's just all... all where... the only place it could have gone is the wrong direction.
Our friendship could have gone on for a long time... and become something more... if one day the cemetery itself become something that takes away.
Not for a long time have I seen anything as enthralling.
For sleeping England long time have I watched
It's been a long time haven't a girl live at home.

Alternatives:

a long time has gone
a long time has passed
a long time elapsed
a long time has elapsed
a long time has flown by

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a long time had passed vs long time have gone