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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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There were only ten minutes remained??

"There were only ten minutes remaining." If "remaining" is changed into "remained" here, is it incorrect?

  

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" If "remain ing " is changed into "remain ed " here, is it incorrect? Yes. Only 'remaining' is correct.

— CalifJim

  • " If "remain ing " is changed into "remain ed " here, is it incorrect?
  • Yes.
  • Only 'remaining' is correct.
  • CJ
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anonymous

"There were only ten minutes remaining." If "remaining" is changed into "remained" here, is it incorrect?

Yes. Only 'remaining' is correct.

CJ

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anonymousThere were only ten minutes remaining.

It's a bit confusing, indeed.

There were only ten minutes left seems to be a parallel expression where the past participle is used, not the present participle.

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Ok. I see. Thank you:)

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