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User_gary  +  380380 Sat, 16 Jun 07 03:51 PM

He come a long way to the international cricket.

I want to tell that (she started playing cricket, from 10(age), but he become international cricketer only at 27). So I want to say he took long time to become the professional writer.

Is the sentence correct what I meant?
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Yankee  +  380390 Sat, 16 Jun 07 04:04 PM

Sorry, Gary, but I'm confused by both your sentence and the description of what it is supposed to mean. Tongue Tied [:S]

Perhaps you mean something like this (?):
His rise to the international cricket stage has been a long haul.
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Feebs11  +  380520 Sun, 17 Jun 07 12:22 AM
 User_gary wrote:

He come a long way to the international cricket.

I want to tell that (she started playing cricket, from 10(age), but he become international cricketer only at 27). So I want to say he took long time to become the professional writer.

Is the sentence correct what I meant?



Your sentence bears no relation to what you have written below, which makes no sense at all. Have you mistyped "she"? And what is the point of "professional writer"?

One possible rephrasing : It took a long time before he became an international cricketer.
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User_gary  +  380566 Sun, 17 Jun 07 06:25 AM

Oh ! sorry. I mistyped `she', it should be `he' and not `become the professional writer', it should be become the international cricketer.

I tried to use the phrase (come a long way) like the following example :

Shimla, May 19 - From working as a labourer in a tiny Himalayan village to the rings of a professional wrestling circuit that is watched by millions worldwide, Dalip Singh Rana aka Singh has come a long way.

Is it possible for me to use this phrase in my sentence?

Thank you friends.
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Stannum  +  380588 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:21 AM

G'day Gary,

How about,

He has come a long way from the boy playing park cricket to making his International debut at the ripe old age of 27.

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Feebs11  +  380625 Sun, 17 Jun 07 12:33 PM
To use the phrase, your cricketer would have to start from something/somewhere that has nothing to do with cricket.

If "he" had been born in Outer Mongolia (where cricket is not known), you could have a sentence like : "He has come a long way from the yurts of Mongolia to being an international cricketer".

Your newspaper example shows that the the wrestler started out as a labourer in a remote region.
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Stannum  +  380796 Sun, 17 Jun 07 09:38 PM

 Feebs11 wrote:
To use the phrase, your cricketer would have to start from something/somewhere that has nothing to do with cricket.

If "he" had been born in Outer Mongolia (where cricket is not known), you could have a sentence like : "He has come a long way from the yurts of Mongolia to being an international cricketer".

Your newspaper example shows that the the wrestler started out as a labourer in a remote region.
Dear Feebs.

I totally disagree.

I live in a culture saturated with cricketing terms.  The captain of the team is a national figure.

It is extremely unusual for a cricketer to make his International Debut at the 'ancient' age of 27.  More than 50% of international cricketers have or are about to retire due to injury or loss of form or because of pressure from so many rising young talents that to be chosen for the first time at 27 is very noteworthy.

Most International Debuts are around the age of 21.

He has come a long way from the yurts of Mongolia to being an international cricketer.  This is just too mild for such a journey.

He has had an amazing journey from the yurts of Mongolia to being an international cricketer.  This would be more logical to an Australian ear.

Stannum
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Feebs11  +  380848 Sun, 17 Jun 07 11:56 PM
A little more than Gary needs. He is trying to make sense of a usage. The cricketer is incidental. It could have been an astronaut, a deep sea diver or a farmer. His original source was a wrestler.
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