student asking question

Is it okay to not use "as long as"?

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Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

Due to this being a song, sometimes the artist will focus more on the way the lyrics sound and work together instead of focusing on grammar or speaking correctly. To answer your question from a grammatical standpoint, "long as" should be what you suggested, "as long as." The artist may have thought that this sounded better in his song than ensuring it was grammatically correct.

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