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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2007 11:09 am
I don't intend to study English here long.

I think it should be 'I don't intend to study English here for a long time.'

Am I correct?

Thanks.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2007 11:13 am
Either form is acceptable. The first sentence would probably be spoken more commonly, at least by speakers of the American language.

One problem you have is that the second sentence:--"I don't intend to study English here for a long time"--could easily be construed as meaning that you intend to study English here, but not until a long time has elapsed. The meaning of the second sentence is sufficiently ambiguous that i would prefer the first.

An improvement over both would be: "I don't intend to study English here for very long."
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2007 11:21 am
Many thanks.
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