http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbln/post.htm#545832Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:31:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545832Yoong Liat3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbln/post.htm#545832http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545832.xml<p><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Liveinjapan</strong></div><div>carrys</div></BLOCKQUOTE></p>carries<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjm/post.htm#545797Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:54:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545797CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjm/post.htm#545797http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545797.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div>Should it be, how long has it passed since then?</div></BLOCKQUOTE>It should be exactly as Liveinjapan has written it: <i>How long a period of time has passed since then?</i></p><p>Alternate:</p><p><i>How long has it been since then?</i></p><p>CJ&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjj/post.htm#545794Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:50:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545794Liveinjapan2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjj/post.htm#545794http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545794.xmlThanks, CJ.</p><p>Understand!</p><p>New2, it&#39;s a good question. I have no idea what it refers, so wait for other members.&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjw/post.htm#545793Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:44:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545793New2grammar3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjw/post.htm#545793http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545793.xmlShould it be, how long has it passed since then?<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjz/post.htm#545790Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545790CalifJim4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjz/post.htm#545790http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545790.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Liveinjapan</strong></div><div>I think that the second is grammatically incorrect</div></BLOCKQUOTE> You think right. <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /></p><p>CJ</p><p>(carries)&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjv/post.htmThu, 24 Jul 2008 07:38:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545789Liveinjapan5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ALongPeriodOfTime/gjbjv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545789.xmlHow long a period of time has passed since then?</p><p>How long has passed since then?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think that the second is grammatically incorrect although it carrys the same meaing as the first.<br />Is the second correct?<div style="clear:both;"></div>