Hi All,

Please Assist! Is the following sentence correct?

It has been long time since the requested. However, I have not heard any update from you on the facebook icon development.

Regards,

It has been long time since the requested. However, I have not heard any update from you on the facebook icon development.

No, it is incorrect.

It has been a long time since the requested thing has been sent. However, I have not heard any updates from you about the facebook icon development.

Without knowing the context, it is hard to rectify this. Anyway, the corrected version is grammatical and should be of some help.

I agree with Eddie88, although I think it’s OK to say “on the facebook icon development.” On, about, or regarding are all correct—with varying degrees of formality.

Eddie88 - 12 October 2009 01:23 AM

It has been long time since the requested. However, I have not heard any update from you on the facebook icon development.

I’d go with

It has been a long time since my request and I have not heard any updates from you about the facebook icon development.

as Eddie says without knowing the context, it is hard to say for sure. Using and seems to emphasise more the fact that nothing has been heard.

Thanks for your assistance.

However,  i couldn’t understand why write indefinite article before an adjective “a long time”.

The article is for the noun, not the adjective.

A big tree= even without the adjective the article exists: A tree.

A long time= same here: a time.

I must go for dinner. Hopefully, another member will explain this more clearly and in-depth.

You do well. Keep it up.