Timeline for The meaning of "have long said"
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| Aug 30, 2017 at 1:05 | vote | accept | dan | ||
| Aug 29, 2017 at 5:45 | comment | added | smatterer | The prosecutors have been saying it for a long time (starting a long time ago and continuing until now). Here ’to say that ...’ means ’to hold an opinion that ...’ and not to literally speak the words. | |
| Aug 29, 2017 at 5:34 | comment | added | dan | It's interesting. Do prosecutors keep saying it till reaching to 'long time'? I can understand the example 'an experience they will long remember', meaning they will remember for a long time. But I am not sure how I should understand 'have said it for a long time'. I can understand 'have said it a long time ago'. another eg is 'He has been waiting for a long time', because 'waiting' can last. Any thoughts? | |
| Aug 29, 2017 at 5:05 | history | answered | smatterer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |