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Common Mistakes
Common Mistakes
How long time do you live here?
How long have you been living here?
From how much time have you been working for yourself?
How long have you been working for yourself?
How much time have you seen this movie?
How many times have you seen this movie?
How time do we have to do this exercise?
How much time do we have to do this exercise?
Who knows how long she is crying.
Who knows how long she has been crying.
Correct Form
Correct Form
How long have you been living in London?
How long will you be staying here?
How many times have you been to New York? I have been to New York six times.
How much time do we have available? Just a couple of hours.
Guidelines
Guidelines
Use how long to find out the duration of a particular activity. Note: how long is found with the present perfect (continuous) when it refers to an action that began in the past and is still true today. Example: How long have you been studying / have you studied English? (implies that you are still studying English now). When used with the simple past, how long refers to a completed action. Example: How long did your first marriage last? (implies that your first marriage is over / finished).
how long can also be used with reference to the future. In any case, the form
how long timedoes not exist.
how many times is used to find out the number of times someone has done a particular activity. Note the concordance in the use of the plural forms - many + -s (times).
the word time in how much time, refers to minutes, hours, days, etc.
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