As Far As, As Long As and All The While in English!

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As far as and as long as + all the while

AS FAR ASย means to the degree or extent that.

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You usually use โ€˜as far asโ€™ together with the following expressions:

1.ย As far as I know
You have partial knowledge of something

  • As far as I know, he came back late last night.

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2.ย As far as it goes
As much as something does, covers or accomplishes

  • Your plan to become better at math is good, as far as it goes. However, I think you should just ask someone more experienced for help.

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3.ย As far as Iโ€™m concerned
You are expressing your opinion about something

  • Bill should change his negative attitude towards his wife, as far as Iโ€™m concerned.

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AS LONG ASย has three slightly different meanings

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1.ย Since

  • As long as you are here, I will show you the video.

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2.ย During the time that

  • I will stay home as long as my grandma needs me.

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3.ย On the condition that

  • I am ready to help as long as you promise to do your half of the job.

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ALL THE WHILEย means โ€˜atโ€™ or โ€˜during this timeโ€™

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  • We were working hard all day, but you were playing computer games all the while.

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Usually, before we use โ€˜all the whileโ€™, we have to have another piece of information. Like in the sentence above, โ€˜you were playing computer games while we were working hard all dayโ€™, so โ€˜the working hard all dayโ€™ information was established before โ€˜all the whileโ€™ was used.

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