It was fine all the time until this morning

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Technician. Your connection seems to be healthy. But you said that when you browse, it takes a long time to load. Is that correct?

Me: Yes. It was fine all the time until this morning. The reason I thought there was a problem was that I usually browse CNN with ease but today, a lot of times it takes a couple of minutes to load a page and sometimes, it says the page failed to display.

Note: the above is an informal conversation.
Please correct any mistakes.
Thanks in advance.

Optilang · Accepted Answer

Technician. Your connection seems to be healthy.

But you said that when you browse, pages it ~~takes~~ take a long time to load. Is that correct?

Me: Yes. It was fine ~~all the time~~ until this morning. - 'all the time' is not really needed, if it was fine until this morning, then it was fine all the time until this morning.

The reason ~~I thought there was~~ I think there is a problem ~~was~~ is (I would use the present here as the problem still appears to exist) that I usually browse CNN with ease but today, ~~a lot of times~~ on many visits to the site, it ~~takes~~ took a couple of minutes to load (a page) and sometimes, it ~~says~~ said the page failed to display.

Hope it helps.

New2grammar · Answer

optilangtoday, ~~a lot of times~~ on many visits to the site, it ~~takes~~ took a couple of minutes to load (a page) and sometimes, it ~~says~~ said the page failed to display.

Thank you, Optilang. Can I use the present tense here because I'm still facing the problem? In fact,despite the difficulty, I still tried to visit the site up until I made the call.

Optilang · Answer

New2grammar
optilangtoday, ~~a lot of times~~ on many visits to the site, it ~~takes~~ took a couple of minutes to load (a page) and sometimes, it ~~says~~ said the page failed to display.
Thank you, Optilang. Can I use the present tense here because I'm still facing the problem? In fact,despite the difficulty, I still tried to visit the site up until I made the call.

I would say so. I took it that you were no longer trying to visit the site because of the problem.

Everytime I visit the site, the page takes ages to load.

New2grammar · Answer

I feel that in contexts like this, native speakers don't use 'today' but 'everytime' or soemthing else, am I right? Why if it's true?

Optilang · Answer

New2grammarI feel that in contexts like this, native speakers don't use 'today' but 'everytime' or soemthing else, am I right? Why if it's true?

I don't see why you feel that. I would be happy to use both.

The reason ~~I thought there was~~ I think there is a problem ~~was~~ is (I would use the present here as the problem still appears to exist) that I usually browse CNN with ease but today, ~~a lot of times~~ ~~on many visits to the site~~/everytime I visit the site, it takes a couple of minutes to load (a page) and sometimes, it says the page failed to display.

New2grammar · Answer

Actually, the fact is the problem didn't happen everytime which is why I said a lot of times. If you don't mind, how can I make 'a lot of times' or 'many times' fit smoothly into the sentence?

Optilang · Answer

New2grammarActually, the fact is the problem didn't happen everytime which is why I said a lot of times. If you don't mind, how can I make 'a lot of times' or 'many times' fit smoothly into the sentence?

The reason ~~I thought there was~~ I think there is a problem ~~was~~ is (I would use the present here as the problem still appears to exist) that I usually browse CNN with ease but today, ~~a lot of times~~ ~~on many visits to the site~~/everytime I visit the site, it takes a couple of minutes to load (a page) and sometimes, it says the page failed to display.

....but today, when visiting the site, it frequently/often/more often than not takes......................

New2grammar · Answer

Thank you, Optilang.

It was fine all the time until this morning

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