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2021年4月22日 · 1. I think "long overdue" is stronger than "long due" in the following sense: "long due" suggests that this something is beyond schedule, but in a way that is almost acceptable. "Long overdue", on the other hand, means that this something is so much beyond the deadline that all hopes have been lost, and your landlord will have to litigate, and ...
2017年6月2日 · 1. overdue. is used to describe a situation which is late or past due. The library book should have been returned last week, it is now overdue. Your sentence. I faxed one overdue this morning. is an incorrect use of " overdue ", your might have meant. I faxed one late this morning. Your first sentence also is incorrect.
I think an explanation is well overdue. I've heard this phrase in a movie I've recently seen and I'm not sure what it means. I may have an idea but I'm not entirely sure. It would be of great help...
2018年5月12日 · The expressions "it's time" to express that something should happen now, or "about time" or "high time", when some action or event is overdue, are followed by a verb in a past tense, either simple or continuous: It's time we left. It's about time we were going. It's.
2018年8月18日 · You did not hear a hyphen on the radio, and you might have misheard 'month'. When using a quantifying phrase to modify an adjective, we use no hyphens, and the units are singular or plural as appropriate.
2013年4月5日 · There are no hard and fast rules about what greetings (salutations) to use in email. If you want to be polite and formal in English, then you should say something like: Dear Mr. Smith: Dear Ms. Jones: Dear Dr. Jekyll: Dear Prof. Einstein: If you want to be polite and informal, replace the colon (:) with a comma: Dear Mr. Smith,
1 Answer. Sorted by: 2. In short: two weeks' overdue is uncommon at best, and a mistake at worst. Most people would consider it a mistake. A longer analysis follows. This is not necessarily a mistake. Arguably, it's a matter of style—and different style guides may give different guidance.
As was pointed out in a comment, there's actually a very good thread on wordreference.com on this very subject. To summarize the most important points, though: First, "for long" can only be used in negative statements ("not ... for long"). On the other hand, "for a long time" can be used in both positive and negative statements.
2014年2月27日 · it would typically convey a sense of irritation at having been made to wait too long. I say typically because one can always use tone of voice to change this. Now, "would you help me, please" sounds bit less insistent to me than using could, I suppose because it's asking if one is willing to help rather than if one is able to.
2021年3月13日 · 1 Answer. Sorted by: 2. "How long would he have to live here?" is certainly more common than "For how long would he have have to live here?" However, "For how many years would he be living here?" is also good, and conveys that the time feels long enough that measuring in years would be appropriate. Share.
