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'takes so long' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize the amount of time it takes to do something. For example: "It takes so long to upload this video."
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"A book takes so long.
"It takes so long," the officer says.
"Golf just takes so long," he said.
"But, in order to be exonerated, it takes so long.
Because that takes so long, it cannot be done frequently.
"But it takes so long when there are uniforms involved.
It takes so long to get up and down.
It takes so long to drive out of there".
"This is why it takes so long," Mr. Brooks said.
Then there is anger and frustration because it takes so long.
But it doesn't have control, and this attrition business takes so long.
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