Asking a driver

[aliabedi]

Which of the following questions is the best way to ask a bus driver about a destination?

How many further stops are left to the destination?

How many other stops are left to the destination?

How many further stops are remaining to the destination?

How many further stops are remaining to the destination?

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, aliabedi.

Having named my destination and paid the fare, I'd just say 'Please tell me when we're there'.

Rover

[Raymott]

Which of the following questions is the best way to ask a bus driver about a destination?

How many further stops are left to the destination?

How many other stops are left to the destination?

How many further stops are remaining to the destination?

How many further stops are remaining to the destination?

How many more stops are there till Destination?

[5jj]

How many stops (are there) to/till/before Destination?[/QUOTE]

[Raymott]

How many stops (are there) to/till/before Destination?

Yes, though this version invites the question, "From where?", which doesn't occur with "more stops".

[5jj]

Yes, though this version invites the question, "From where?", which doesn't occur with "more stops".

I think it would be a rather perverse driver who asked that question of a passenger on a bus to Destination enquiring how many stops to it. A sarcastic or irritated retort could be expected. Even my sintly maiden aunt might snap, "Which do you think, young man - Timbuctoo or here?".

[Rover_KE]

A bus driver will not thank you for asking how many stops there are to your destination.

A bus does not necessarily stop at every bus stop.

Whichever of those questions you ask, he/she is going to say 'I'll tell you when we get there'.

Rover