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It takes a long time vs it takes long time

The correct phrase is "it takes a long time." The word "long" in this context needs the article "a" before it to indicate that it is a singular, specific amount of time. Without the article, the phrase is not grammatically correct.
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It takes a long time

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something requires a significant amount of time to complete or happen.

Examples:

  • It takes a long time to travel from one coast to the other.
  • Learning a new language takes a long time.
  • Fixing the car engine can take a long time.
  • It takes a long time to bake a cake from scratch.
  • The project will take a long time to complete.
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  • Jan 10, 2014 ... What does this mean to you: "It takes a long time, but God dies too. But not before he sticks it to you."?
  • Running psmatch2 on my dataset, but it takes a long time and no results have come out yet. Should I keep waiting? 01 Oct 2019, 03:42. Dear all, I am trying ...
  • Oct 7, 2020 ... "It takes a long time to realize how truly miserable you are, and even longer to see that it doesn't have to be that way." - Cuddlywhiskers ...
  • Reviewing a paper that's badly written such that reading it takes a long time · Ask Question. Asked 3 days ago. Modified today. Viewed 4k times.
  • May 13, 2014 ... Why it takes a long time to compute Fibonacci number? ... This code is not optimal as I do not know how to deal with exception cases. But for now, ...
  • Trying to Create Pivot - it takes a long time to create. Agnieszka Ploszka ✭. 01/24/24 in Formulas and Functions. Not sure what's the issue there.
  • Oct 4, 2016 ... It Takes a Long Time to Grow an Old Friend – About a Friend Named Karen ... I have a dearest friend, and her name is… Karen! Yes! And she's funny ...
  • Aug 16, 2022 ... It takes a long time to retrieve large assembly file. When moving (Pan/Zoom/Rotate) large assemblies in graphics, movement is slow/sluggish.
  • Aug 5, 2014 ... It takes a long time to connect to the internet. Hello There ,. I am Using Dell laptop and i have windows 7 in that , my problem is when ever ...

it takes long time

This phrase is incorrect in English. The article "a" is needed before the word "long" to make it grammatically correct.

  • Where exactly it takes long time , in which stage ? Did you check Windows logs ? Can you try to vMotion the VM to another host and see ? Could that be an OS ...
  • Mar 31, 2024 ... Then, if I click on file, pdf or anything else it takes long time to open. If I open Acrobat or an app and select a file from Dropbox ...
  • Mar 31, 2017 ... The first time i load the project templates (“File->New Project”) in Visual Studio 2017 it takes long time, about 20-30 seconds on my computer.
  • Mar 31, 2024 ... Then, if I click on file, pdf or anything else it takes long time to open. If I open Acrobat or an app and select a file from Dropbox ...
  • Apr 6, 2023 ... when we take test page from HP printer, it is printing fast but from Chrome, it takes long time when we select the destination as HP, and it ...
  • May 16, 2024 ... Crashing email and it takes long time to start ... why does it take at least 20 minutes for the program to start again after it crashes? it checks ...
  • Jan 2, 2022 ... Pallid hand test model, I think I like it! Takes long time to paint due to lack of airbrush. Painting C+C.
  • Feb 2, 2021 ... What is the meaning of this quote: "it takes long time to grow an old friend"? Friendship is like a tree. When its young it is flexible yet ...
  • Jul 8, 2011 ... But there is something confused for me. When I start Eclipse and click the project explorer to expend the project folder, it takes long time to ...
  • Mar 14, 2024 ... WHY IT TAKES LONG TIME TO INSTALL GTA V!!!!?? I have recently downloaded gta v from fitgirl-repack site... I just opened the setup, then it ...

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