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Gabriel Malheiros

Senior Member
Portuguese - Brazil
Hello, guys

Let's say I ordered a pizza, but it wasn't delivered yet and I want to talk about the time that has been since I ordered the pizza. Should I use "time" or "long" to talk about that? Like in the following sentences.


"There has not been enough time for them to make a pizza yet"
or
"It wasn't/hasn't been long enough for them to make a pizza yet"


"There has been more than enough time for them to make a pizza"
or
"It was/has been longer than enough to make a pizza"

Thank you in advance
To say "long enough" is idiomatic, so your first two alternatives are both fine (except you cant use "wasn't" with "been", they are both forms of the verb "to be"). But "longer than enough" is not idiomatic, so only the first alternative of your second pair is OK.
To say "long enough" is idiomatic, so your first two alternatives are both fine. But "longer than enough" is not, so only the first alternative of your second pair is OK.
what if I change "there has not been enough time to..." to "it has not been enough time (for them to make a pizza" or "not nearly it has been enough time for them to make a pizza"? Does either of them work?
Again, your first example is good but your second has a problem with the word order. "It has not been nearly enough time for them to make a pizza" would be correct.
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