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How long is it going to take? vs How long it is going to take?

"How long is it going to take?" is correct. In English, when asking a question, the subject and verb are usually inverted, so the correct structure is subject-verb-object. The second phrase is incorrect because it lacks the verb "is" after the subject "it".
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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"How long is it going to take?"

This phrase is the correct way to ask about the duration of something. It follows the standard subject-verb-object question structure.
  • Nov 2, 2024 ... How long is it going to take F2P to max out? Discussion. I am at 38 ... r ...
  • Oct 12, 2017 ... How long is it going to take to expand the datastore from 20TB to 32.7TB? 2. Will this impact performance at all? Unfortunately, the vm's ...
  • Aug 26, 2023 ... How long is it going to take Toei to animate this? Discussion. r/Dragonballsuper - a ...
  • Nov 10, 2008 ...How long is it going to take for my dog to be trained?” This is one of those frequently asked questions I get from many people.
  • Jun 2, 2019 ... How long is it going to take you to get ready: it means, right now, you're not ready yet but you need to get cracking because we're all ...
  • So to answer the question we posed at the beginning of this podcast: “How long is it going to take the liability carrier to pay your medical bills ...
  • Oct 12, 2017 ... How long is it going to take to expand the datastore from 20TB to 32.7TB? 2. Will this impact performance at all? Unfortunately, the vm's ...
  • Jun 24, 2020 ... 2625 likes, 57 comments - cpetrovski on June 24, 2020: "Wife: I want a Photoshoot. Husband: how long is it going to take?
  • Hey friends! If you're going through a breakup right now, I know exactly what you're wondering: “How long is it going to take until I'm over this?
  • Apr 9, 2022 ... How long is it going to take you to take the One Ring from The Shire to Mordor? Frodo took on himself the burden and passed through peril to ...

This phrase is incorrect in English.

"How long it is going to take?"

This phrase is incorrect because it does not follow the standard subject-verb-object question structure. The verb "is" should come after the subject "it".
  • Jul 14, 2023 ... Fractured fibula and dislocated tibia:(( Does anyone know how long it is going to take me to recover? I have been on bed rest since the past ...
  • Mar 14, 2017 ... I really don't know how long it is going to take to train your dog to become a service dog. On average it takes about 1 ½ - 2 years of work ...
  • Jan 21, 2023 ... I see it is running but is there a way to see how much data it has copied, how much more it has, how long it is going to take etc?
  • Jan 8, 2009 ... Maybe you even need to provide an estimate on how long it is going to take to provide an estimate. Multiply by 3 keeps the clients happy ...
  • Sep 7, 2016 ... ... how long it is going to take. Assuming that it is frozen, how do I switch it off? I have tried holding down the on button which would re ...
  • May 19, 2022 ... Please stop recommending people lose their entire workday for a database check to run that doesn't let users know how long it is going to take, ...
  • Feb 15, 2013 ... In your case, the HDD has more than 1.8T data and little space left, no idea how long it is going to take (the snapshot may only use little ...
  • Dec 18, 2013 ... I can't see anything in progress so not sure which device has something in progress and how long it is going to take. Maybe a purge did ...
  • "I can't imagine how long it is going to take me to remove 550 friends, one at a time." If you're a relatively fast clicker, ...
  • Aug 13, 2009 ... People told me this would take long but this is ridiculous, so could somebody give me a ball park figure on how long it is going to take?

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