Help(please) Could you please help me with three questions? 1) Would you say "Have you been waiting much/too long?" or "Have you been waiting FOR much/too long"? "Have you been here too/much long?"

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Help(please) Could you please help me with three questions? 1) Would you say "Have you been waiting much/too long?" or "Have you been waiting FOR much/too long"? "Have you been here too/much long?" or "Have you been here for too much/long?" 2) Does it sound odd to use "Right today" here? what about "the one day/time"? "It is raining. Right today when I was going running"? or "It is raining. The one time/day I was going running"/ "It is raining. The one time/day I was about to go running"? Do they sound odd? What could I say instead? 3) one last thing: Does it sound awkward to use "forget (about) it" here? "This movie is really bad. And the sequel? Forget (about) it! It is not worthing watching/ a watch". Is it odd? what would you say? Please, I really need your help Thank you very much!!

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1- 'have you been waiting long?' is a very common expression. You don't really say 'for long' in this expression. I 2- A good way of saying this is: 'It's raining today! The one time I wanted to go running!' or you could say 'It's raining! Just as I was about to go running!' 'right today' isn't correct, though I do understand you mean 'right now'. 3- Yes! This is very good use of a slang expression. 'The Godfather 1 and 2 are amazing! But The Godfather 3? Forget about it! It's nowhere near as good!' I will say it's quite an American, East Coast (New York, Boston) expression. But it's perfectly correct.

This is how I would say it: 1) Have you been waiting for a long time? "Have you been here too long?" 2)"It is raining. The one time I was about to go running" **I would never say "right today." I would actually say in conversation, "It's raining. The one day that I wanted to go for a run." 3) "This movie is really bad. And the sequel? Forget about it! It is not worth watching."

1. Either sounds fine to me, though I'd say "Have you been waiting for long?", if I was going to use "for". 2. I think what I'd say is "The one time I was going to go running and it rains." "Right today" doesn't make sense to me. Maybe "It's raining, right when I was about to go running". 3. Sounds fine to me in an informal context.

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