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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

before the computer suddenly crashed/failed/stopped//was down

0I had spent two hours inputting the data before the computer suddenly 01b00crashed.02b02br
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00Does "crashed" sound right in the above? Does it amount to "failed//stopped working// was down//was out of order?" Thanks.0-
  

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I probably would say, "I had been inputting the data for two hours when the computer suddenly crashed" Or in an attempt to minimize changes to your sentence, "I had spent two hours inputting the data WHEN the computer suddenly crashed"0-

— New2grammar

  • I probably would say, "I had been inputting the data for two hours when the computer suddenly crashed" Or in an attempt to minimize changes to your sentence, "I had spent two hours inputting the data WHEN the computer suddenly crashed"0-
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0Your sentence is grammatically correct but sounds unnatural to me though I can't tell what's wrong.I probably would say, "I had been inputting the data for two hours when the computer suddenly crashed" Or in an attempt to minimize changes to your sentence, "I had spent two hours inputting the data WHEN the computer suddenly crashed"0-
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