Is this sentence grammatically correct ?
I would like to know if this sentence is correct grammatically.
"It took time till the data started being downloaded, about 5 minutes or maybe more."
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It's not quite grammatical and the word choice isn't quite right, but, your meaning is perfectly understandable. :) Here's my suggestions:
"It took time for the data to start down downloading - about 5 minutes or more."
OR
"It took about 5 minutes or more for the data to start downloading."
Hope this helps!! :)
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It looks correct grammatically to me, but it doesn't sound like something a native speaker would say. This is how I would say it:
"It took about five minutes or more until the data started downloading."
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"It took time till the data started DOWNLOADING, about 5 minutes or maybe more."
"It took A WHILE till the data started DOWNLOADING, about 5 minutes or maybe more."
Do not use the passive here.
"time" is OK. "A while" is a lot better.
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Thank you Nora, 雲小泉 and Bre
All of your answers were helpful
I am bad at wording
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