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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a long time discussion" is not grammatically correct.
The use of "a long time" suggests a specific amount of time, but "discussion" is not a quantity and does not require the use of "a." Instead, the phrase should be "a long discussion." Example: They had a long discussion about the best way to solve the problem.
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For a long time, discussion of adapting to climate change was considered verboten in the climate policy community for fear that just talking about it might signal less urgency for cutting greenhouse emissions.
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We spent a long time in discussions but always with the plan to reach an agreement," said Kuyt. "It fits with the feeling I got at the club.
He added that the natural world has been doing it "for a long time" and more discussion is needed.
"Ashley Cole, for a long time, was no discussion," Wenger said, of the player that he brought through at Arsenal.
Especially with recent news coverage of that particle accelerator near Geneva, it seems as if we'd been hearing about this type of physics for a long time, and the discussion never does go anywhere or have much practical relevance.
"He's opened doors and windows that have not been open in a long time, and encouraged discussion".
Although we will still have to spend a long time listening to uninterrupted discussions about Jeb Bush versus Paul Ryan.
We hope that this book inspires dialogues in the American Muslim community, particularly among women, who have been waiting a long time to have these discussions.
Indeed, for a long time there was a great discussion as to whether, in vision, something moved from the object to the eye or whether something reached out from the eye to the object.
For a long time it was subject of discussion whether the delusion is a sign of lacking cortical inhibition or of a cortical afterimage or part of an epileptic seizure.
He said: "I've been talking about this issue for a long time and have even had discussions with the FA about it.
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