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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a too long" is not correct in written English.
The correct form would be "too long" without the article "a."
Example: "The meeting was too long, and I struggled to stay focused."
Alternatives: "excessively long" or "overly long."
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"We had a pretty long preparation camp, a too long preparation time.
And a too long sequence in which the film is run simultaneously forward and backward goes nowhere.
But the odds are even if you have one it is (a) too long, and (b) not properly focused.
He closed his eyes for a moment, a too long blink, and swayed slightly before opening them again and righting himself.
A pure loss of stability failure is modelled as the persistence of the metacentric height below a critical level for a too long time.
Both situations will bring about a too long or even intolerable computing time in the VCA method and consequently let the VCA method be less practical.
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A too-long pause.
And then there's a too-long silence.
"It was a long plane ride," Ms. Dempsey recalled, "A too-long plane ride".
Takes out a pocket watch from his waistcoat, on a too-long golden chain.
There followed a "fun" Mastermind section, a too-long series of pre-recorded Mac-related questions from Des Lynam.
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