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a long time later OR after a long time Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:56 am  a long time later OR after a long time
 

Hi,

Could you help me if it's correct like this?

I know we're going to meet just a long time later.

Or is it better?

I know we 're going to meet just after a long time.

Or is there another way which is better? Because for me both sentences seem so strange.

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a long time later OR after a long time Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:05 pm  a long time later OR after a long time
 

I think both sentences are okay, as long as you put a comma before "just".
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a long time later OR after a long time Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:46 am  a long time later OR after a long time
 

But they're still ok without the comma, aren't they?
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a long time later OR after a long time Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:51 am  a long time later OR after a long time
 

nessie wrote:
But they're still ok without the comma, aren't they?

No, you need the comma.
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