2020-10-29
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - lengthy & long
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ถือว่า ถูกต้อง นี้ เป็นไป ตามมาตรฐาน ของภาษา
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง lengthy = ‘LENGK-thee’
ออกเสียง long = ‘LAWNG’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Usage Notes
Is There a Difference Between ‘Long’ and ‘Lengthy?’
When some things just go on and on.
When we measure a three-dimensional object,
we usually speak of it in terms of length, width, and depth
(or sometimes height).
There are adjectives that correspond with each of these three nouns: long, wide, and deep (or high).
A swimming pool, for instance, might be 70 feet long by 30 feet wide by four feet deep.
But there’s another adjective that can be paired with length:
that is lengthy, formed by appending to length the suffix –y as found in such adjectives as risky and grainy.
'Lengthy' often has negative connotations implying tediousness or excess.
So what’s the difference between long and lengthy?
One way to answer that is to consider the kinds of things you might hear described as long:
you might have long hair or walk along a long corridor,
or you might read a long essay orlisten to a long guitar solo.
Long works for physical length as well as duration.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
long
1. used to talk about length
You use long when you are talking about the length of something.
The pool is ninety feet long by twenty feet wide.
How long is that side of the triangle?
2. talking about distance
You use a long way to talk about the distance from one place to another. You say, for example, 'It's a long way from here to Birmingham'.
I'm a long way from London.
Be Careful!
Don't say 'It's long from here to Birmingham' or 'I'm long from London'.
In negative sentences, you use far.
You say, for example, 'It's not far from here to Birmingham'.
We rented a villa not far from the beach.
You also use far in questions. You say, for example, 'How far is it from here to Birmingham?'
How far is Tokyo from here?
Be Careful!
Don't use 'long' in negative sentences and questions like these.
When you are talking about the extent of a journey, you use as far as, not 'as long as'. You say, for example, 'We walked as far as the church'.
We went with Harold as far as Bologna.
3. used to talk about time
In a negative sentence or a question, you can use long as an adverb to mean 'a long time'.
Wilkins hasn't been with us long.
Are you staying long?
You can also use long to mean 'a long time' after too or in front of enough.
He's been here too long.
You've been here long enough to know what we're like.
However, don't use 'long' with this meaning in any other kind of positive sentence. Instead use a long time.
We may be here a long time.
It may seem a long time to wait.
The comparative and superlative forms longer and longest can be used with this meaning in any kind of positive sentence.
Reform in Europe always takes longer than expected.
The study found that people who walk a lot live longest.
4. 'no longer'
When something that happened in the past does not happen now, you can say that it no longer happens or that it does not happen any longer.
The factory no longer builds cars.
I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.
