[Grammar] How long or how long a time?

[priyanka911]

Please correct in case of any grammatical mistakes. Thanks in advance

Once, I quoted "Let me see how long time the buffering takes."

My friend being a graduate in English literature, corrected me saying, "It should be 'how long' or 'how long a time', and 'how long time' is grammatical wrong."

Please advice, which one is correct:

a. Let me see how long the buffering takes,
b. Let me see how long a time the buffering takes,
c. Let me see how long time the buffering takes, or
d. Let me see how a long time the buffering takes.

P.S: Please correct me if I have made any grammatical mistakes and/or any mistakes with punctuation marks. Better for me and my english language :lol:

 

[5jj]

Please advi[STRIKE]c[/STRIKE]se, which one is correct:

a. Let me see how long the buffering takes,
b. Let me see how long a time the buffering takes,
c. Let me see how long time the buffering takes, or
d. Let me see how a long time the buffering takes.

The first two are correct. The second two are not.

 

[Hope2]

a. Let me see how long the buffering takes.
Or
Let me see how much time the buffering takes.

 

[MikeNewYork]

a. Let me see how long the buffering takes.
Or
Let me see how much time the buffering takes.

Those are both correct.

 

[priyanka911]

The first two are correct. The second two are not.

Thanks a bunch.

Could you please clarify for me the usage of 'long a time'?
Tried goggling, made me confused instead

Thanks

 

[priyanka911]

Thanks!

Why, accordingly to you, "Let me see how long a time the buffering takes." is incorrect?

 

[5jj]

Why, according[STRIKE]ly[/STRIKE] to you, "Let me see how long a time the buffering takes." is incorrect?

Nobody has said it's incorrect. Indeed, in my first response I said that it was correct.

 

[Barb_D]

Thanks a bunch.

Could you please clarify for me the usage of 'long a time'?
Tried goggling, made me confused instead

Thanks

There is some strange phrasing in English sometimes.

I wonder how big a truck we'll need to move all this stuff.
I wonder how small a space we can make do with for the party. The hotels grand ballroom is booked, but there are smaller rooms that are cheaper too.
I wonder how long a time this will take.

(I doesn't have to be "I wonder." I used that to show the parallel stucture.)

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello.

Goggling and Googling don't have the same meaning. :-D