Been awhile

[Chemmy]

Hey all, been awhile since I have been on here. Any of the old schoolers still here. How has everyone been.

 

[twotonevert]

Welcome back, it has been a while. What have you been up to?

 

[Chemmy]

Not a whole hell of a lot twotone. Been dealing with the horrible Michigan summer this year, ended up riding half of the riding season with all the rain. Kids getting older, doin repairs to the house....same old stuff lol.

 

[PAPA SNOW]

Good to see you back,,

 

[dadofthree]

Haven't been here long, but back

 

[riopelnet112]

You do your readers a disservice by providing limited examples of “a while” usage. It doesn’t always have to be preceded by “for”; in fact, it often isn’t.