AS LONG AS - Are you using this conjunction incorrectly? Useful for conditional sentences!

"As long as" is a very common English conjunction which is useful for both formal and informal situations. However, many English learners use it incorrectly or avoid using it because they're not sure of its real meaning.

So, in this video, I explain the meaning and uses of "as long as"... very useful for conditional sentences in English!


🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 Share your own examples in the comments!

Ben Gill
English Teacher

Book recommendations for Cambridge English exam preparation (B2 First, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency)

B2 FIRST (FCE):

🇪🇸 Spain;

🇮🇹 Italy;

🇫🇷 France;

🇩🇪 Germany;

🇬🇧 UK;

C1 ADVANCED (CAE):

🇪🇸 Spain;

🇮🇹 Italy;

🇫🇷 France;

🇩🇪 Germany;

🇬🇧 UK

C2 PROFICIENCY (CPE):

🇪🇸 Spain;

🇮🇹 Italy;

🇫🇷 France;

🇩🇪 Germany;

🇬🇧 UK;

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[tothepointenglishwithben.]

Watch until the end for a bonus example Amy and Bimba (and Bimba's new friend)!

[dwmlfsr]

what a lovely country view at the end of the video!

[diegonayalazo]

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[razvanalexandrescu]

Your videos are pretty helpful! Thanks!

[montesierra]

Thanks for the explanation. Short and to the point!

[fleurblanche]

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[mihaicaragheorghe]

Congrats for another great video!I'm glad I came across your youtube channel months ago!

[hastalavista]

As long as I watch Ben's YouTube lessons my English improves! Thanks!
P.S. Amy and cats are so cute!❤

[Aprende_Idiomas]

Thank you for making clear its meaning.
As of yet, I haven't realised that it was used in a conditional sentence as a conjunction!! Now, it's crystal clear to me. A new 'tool' that I can use in my speaking and writings! 😃
So, Thank you very much!

[edilsonluizpereira]

Hello Ben, thanks for showing us the difference between them. I've heard people using both expressions interchangebly, but now I do know the real purpose of each one.

[freddiemercury]

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Insofar as I understand this situation, the environment is getting worse. A top- notch introducción to explain something. Thank you very much Ben. As long as you tidy your room, you can watch series!!!

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Please, can you tell me which are the essays i have to do for Cambridge exam, at the writting part?

[marylkap]

Grammar, yet delivered in a soothing manner. It's sooo comforting ☺️
Btw. Blue matches your eyes - pardon my manners, but as a "senior teacher" I guess I'm allowed 😉
Amy! 😻😽😺

[kurianmx]

I will come out with flying colours in my IELTS as long as l work hard.
Thanks a lot for the lesson

[expect_pl]

Hey Nice Video :) I would like to ask you what book do you recommend for C1 cambridge exam

[freddiemercury]

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Good night, god bless and much love .
Off I go ! Signing off!

[makhmud]

Hello! Dear Bean, will you be so kind as to tell us why you mentioned the only one possible meaning of the conjunction "as long as"?

After watching your video, I even felt myself somewhat shaken and bemused for a moment because of imagining that I had hitherto been using this conjunction incorrectly. To make sure that I have not got crazy yet, I looked "as long as" up in the dictionary and found that this conjunction may be used as

(1) provided that
As long as you can come by six, I'll be here

(2) seeing that; since
As long as you're going to the grocery anyway, buy me a pint of ice cream

(3) during the time that; through the period that
As long as we were neighbors, they never invited us inside their house

[hatsoffschool]

Dear Ben, I'm asking you to help me clarify the stative verbs rule, according to which they cannot be used in continuous tenses. However, there are so many exceptions like thinking, feeling, and other stative verbs that we often use in present continuous, present perfect continuous, past continuous, past perfect continuous, and future continuous. Eg. “I am thinking about you, I have been thinking about you, I am feeling awful, I’m having a party next week, I'm still loving you, and so many others. Could you please make a video to clear up once for all these aspects? Thank you!