2009年8月2日 · It refers to a crisis that has taken decades to reach its current state. "[Time period] in the making" is an idiom meaning "this situation has been developing for [time period] and has now reached fruition/culmination/crisis." It doesn't have to be bad; it …

2013年1月7日 · Since the last decade = from the end of the previous decade until today (if you said this today, you would mean 2001-2013 or 2000-2013, depending on when you think decades end.) Click to expand... It seems to me, if such an expression were used, it ought to mean 'since the end of the last recognised period of ten years': in other words, over ...

2023年8月24日 · for over three decades ＝ for more than three decades (because this "over" is used as an adverb) over three decades ≒ for three decades (because this "over" is used as a preposition) over the past few decades＝for three decades including some point in the past or including the present (depending on the verb tense) Is this way of thinking ...

2012年1月6日 · This year-in-review proofreading quiz has started me thinking about the use of the possessive before the word worth, as in this example: Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, erupted in mass protests in January 2011, as the revolution in Tunisia inflamed decades worth of smoldering...

2012年6月29日 · It's fine. Both are fine. A decade's experience is a decade of experience, and they're both equally natural and very common.

2016年6月8日 · Source: Tackling poverty in India: The low income, low growth trap In the following paragraph, simple past has been used, rather than present perfect. I fail to understand why present perfect was not used. When we say 'over the past decade', it means the time extends upto present, but still...

2008年5月12日 · Some people refer to the this decade (2000-2010) as the "noughties", but for past decades, we don't really tend to talk about the decades before the twentieth century. To a certain extent, the words, 'sixties', 'seventies' and so on are very closely linked to the culture, attitudes and fashions of these decades, while the eight-hundreds mean ...

2014年12月10日 · I get 299 results from Google for "The past few years have witnessed" and only 199 results for "The past few years has witnessed", which includes examples like "The sector in the past few years has witnessed considerable activity" (not really related to this question).

2007年3月7日 · "As parliamentary and electoral life returned to the kingdom, they were able to capitalize on decades’-worth of organization." 1. Any need for the apostrophe here, or is this an error? 2. Any need for the hyphen? It is not an adjective, so I think the hyphen is not necessary. Your input would be greatly appreciated! I am tempted to get rid of ...

2022年8月12日 · - This stopover between a youthful and mature age structure can last several decades or only a few (decades). Although "several" is often equated with "a few" I think it can also have a nuance that stretches beyond a few. I think that is the case here. "Several" probably means 30 or 40 or 50 years and "a few" means 10 or 20.