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The Russian says очень долго. I put "for a very long time", and it is corrected to merely "for a long time". Surely the inclusion of "very" is correct?
Yes. Please report this sentence next time you get it.
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There may be something else wrong with your sentence. Sometimes Duo generates a wrong "correct" answer if there's something else wrong with the sentence which the programming cannot deal with.
can i not say "my cat is eating for a very long time"? what would that be in russian?
моя кошка ест очень долгое время. it is correct. she(cat) eats over than one hour for example
- 1107
That would be the same as the given Russian. In other words, your sentence should be accepted as a correct answer.
I've tried that sentence, gotten it wrong, and reported it.
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Does it mean that the cat has been eating for a long time (and has not stopped yet) or that the cat usually takes a long time to eat?
Why isn't it changed to "eats vary slowly"???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Because "a long time" is not the same as "slowly", which is медленно
