travel "long distances" or "a long distance"

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Is "long distances" preferable in the context? If it is, could you explain why?
 

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Is "long distances" preferable in the context? If it is, could you explain why?
Come, come, sunsunmoon. You said in your first post that you knew about singular and plural.

A cow give us milk.
Cows give us milk.

A long trip can be boring.
Long trips can be boring.

Travelling a long distance can be boring
Travelling long distances can be boring.
 

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5JJ,

I knew about singular and plural, but I wasn't quite sure why you preferred one to the other in that context. I'm wondering if I shouldn't have said, "I know what singular and plural are," then. I apologize for not making myself understood well.
 
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