joeviee  +  99972 Mon, 16 May 05 10:01 AM Hello All, I had a chat with a native-speaker recently over msn messenger and he said this, "Haven't seen you IN a long time," and next " haven't seen you for long." For me, both sentences sound unnatural to me as i would prefer to say "haven't seen you FOR a long time". I wonder if "IN" and "FOR" in that sentence sounds the same to a native speaker? The second sentence, "haven't seen you for long", certainly sounds weird to me. How about you? joeviee Joined on Sat, Apr 30 2005 Full Member 171

	Mister Micawber  +  100063 Mon, 16 May 05 02:03 PM 'In' = 'for' commonly in this construction. The second sentence sounds unnatural and perhaps represents a typo. Did the two sentences arrive together in the same message? Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,842 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Constructions

	joeviee  +  100116 Mon, 16 May 05 04:12 PM Thanks for your quick reply Mister M. Yes both sentences arrived together in the same message but it could be a typo like you said. Thanks for reassuring me that i am right. joeviee