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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Is the sentence correct?

I didn't hear the alarm while it was ringing.

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Hi,

Yes, it is.

Clive
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AnonymousIs this correct?
I didn't hear the alarm while it was ringing. Most of the time it would not be correct. One would just say 'I didn't hear the alarm.' (After all, you normally only hear an alarm when it is ringing.)

But you can imagine a situation in which you could say something like 'I didn't hear the alarm while it was (actually) ringing
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AnonymousI didn't hear the alarm while it was ringing.
Correct, but weird. I think the following are better:

I didn't hear the alarm ringing.

I didn't hear the alarm ring.

But this is enough:

I didn't hear the alarm.

CJ
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Hi,

Ringing seems like a wrong choice of word in this context.

"While" doesn't sound right to me either and "when" should be used.

I didn't hear it when the alarm went off, or I didn't hear the alarm when it went off.
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dimsumexpress"While" doesn't sound right to me either; "when" should be used.

"while" is perfectly correct there, as it is typically used for an action that continues for some time. "when" is not wrong, but it is not better than "while".

I didn't hear it when the alarm went off, or I didn't hear the alarm when it went off. There is no g
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canadian45
I didn't hear it when the alarm went off, or I didn't hear the alarm when it went off. There is no good reason to change the sentence to focus on when the alarm "went off".
@C45,

Sorry, I have to disagree. Apparently our approaches toward certain aspects of English differ and I don't mean in a disrespectful way. Correct me if I am w
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Alaram was ringing is it a correct sentence
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