The company has long been shunned by ethical investors.
I always get confused with word order (unless they are 'adjectives' for what I know the order).
The example is there. Why not '…has been long…'?
As a non-native speaker, I'd be cautious splitting 'has been'. Is it possible to keep those words intact?
Best Answer
This is to emphasis the word 'long'.
If you need to emphasize a specific fact or point in your text, there are several ways to focus the reader’s attention on it. This is one of those.
Eg: