Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time remained before the final bell would ring.
Do these sentences have the same meaning? If not, please explain why. Can I use "final bell rings" instead of "final bell would ring"? Will the meaning of these sentences change then?
1.Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time remained before the final bell would ring.
2. Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time is left before the final bell would ring.
3. Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time is remaining before the final bell would ring.
Top answer
The sentences are very wordy. They are not natural native English, so it is rather useless to compare them. This is the way I would phrase it: Rahim asked his teacher repeatedly to tell him how much time remained before the final bell.
- The sentences are very wordy.
- They are not natural native English, so it is rather useless to compare them.
- This is the way I would phrase it: Rahim asked his teacher repeatedly to tell him how much time remained before the final bell.
- Rahim asked his teacher repeatedly to tell him how much time was left before the final bell.
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The sentences are very wordy. They are not natural native English, so it is rather useless to compare them.
This is the way I would phrase it:
Rahim asked his teacher repeatedly to tell him how much time remained before the final bell.
Rahim asked his teacher repeatedly to tell him how much time was left before the final bell.
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