<p>So theres this one question in the blue book and I have no idea how this is completely correct.</p>
<pre><code> The dolls in the collection, all (A) more than (B) two hundred years old, had been carefully (C) carved for children long since (D) gone.
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<p>I was thinking it would be D, but the book says there is no error. Any help?</p>
<p>Well why exactly do you think D is wrong?</p>
<p>The sentence does not sound like a complete sentence with D.</p>
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The dolls in the collection, all (A) more than (B) two hundred years old, had been carefully (C) carved for children long since (D) gone.
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<p>Did you have a problem with long since? It is still grammatically sound; it may sound weird to your ear, but you have to take things literal*.</p>
<p>*Intended irony.</p>
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<p>Personally, I think “long since gone” seems redundant…Then again, I’m wrong, so ignore my opnion…</p>
<p>“Long since gone” means “gone a long time ago.”</p>
<p>alright thanks</p>