🆚What is the difference between It's been a while. and It's been a long time. and It's been ages. ? It's been a while. vs It's been a long time. vs It's

May 31,2024

Synonym for It's been a while. These words are not so exact about time. AND People also use them differently! 1) It’s been awhile - can mean a few weeks. and it can mean longer - like a few months or a year or longer 2) It’s been a long time - this depends on what “ a long time” means to the particular speaker! it could mean - a few months, a year or a few years.. 3) it’s been ages - this depends on what that means to the speaker! it could mean a few months, a year to more years You can see - this is hard to figure out because it’s just not very clear what these words mean. Example of something clear: I haven’t seen you in a year! But people don’t usually say this at all.|I agree with redtsuru that the exact length of time each represents is mainly dependent on the speaker's perception. What he/she said about "It's been ages" being used more often for people you've been dying to see is spot on in my opinion. Personally, I do discern a difference in time: "It's been a while" < "It's been a long time" = or < "It's been ages". I mean, I take it quite literally, really. A "while" is just a period of time. A "long time" is explicitly a long period of time. "Ages" literally refers to centuries and eras, which makes it quite dramatic (and informal). Of course, once you get to actually long periods of time (e.g., years) there's not much difference between "it's been a long time" and "it's been ages" other than that the former sounds more neutral (literally, it's been a long time) whereas the latter sounds like it's been entirely too long. But again, this is just how I perceive these three phrases; as redtsuru said, it probably depends on the person.|Yes 2 up - it depends on the speaker’s sense and THEIR Feelings about the time passed in seeing THAT PERSON. But - there is still SOME notion of the time passed. You can see both Continuous and I are saying that the amount of time DOES MATTER - it’s just very hard to articulate how to think about that since it’s not so exact. There is something going on that is SUBJECTIVE and not objective. It is an interesting question you have asked us! You can try to use these phrases using them in this sequence: 1) shortest amount of time has passed- it’s been awhile 2) longer amount of time has passed- it’s been a long time 3) longest amount of time has passed- it’s been ages I would guess each person uses these phrases in this order but each of us has different amounts of time in their mind UNCONSCIOUSLY when they speak. English is often quite inexact - sometimes it is like wet clay (before the first firing in the kiln) and it is very malleable and flexible and we use it this way. You would think the other person wouldn’t understand- but they DO! It may be that these time- like phrases end up really being a way that we have to express our FEELINGS about how much we missed the person we are greeting. What we say ends up being a rather personal expression of how we missed them! It is something we realize as native speakers- when someone uses these phrases: it is about how LONG the time apart FELT to THE SPEAKER, which has to do with our FEELINGS towards that person. Something very personal - you see? And so that feeling has something to do with the nature of the relationship and how much the person missed the other and how much they felt they needed to talk to and see this other person. It is THE ambiguity of these phrases ( THE inexactness) that allows us to express our personal feelings - which is pretty cool! |@2up Haha, I know. ;) ;) But I felt that I could contribute nonetheless. Also, minor note, but instead of just saying "It's been a while", it probably would have been better to start by saying "Hello" (i.e., "Hello! It's been a while.") If you just say "It's been a while" I personally feel that it sounds quite solemn, like we happened to bump into each other at a friend's funeral where we were both a little heavy with sadness. :) Also, I think that redtsuru's last answer is everything you need. Feel free to mark that as the best answer if you wish! ;)|@2up No problem. :)|It kind of is . It’s just not very exact as people use these phrases very differently If you haven’t seen someone in a month who you really missed A LOT you might say I haven’t seen you in ages!|どういたしまして！

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