Breaks on time

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tufguy

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Hi guys,

If I want to say that I boarded an auto from the metro station but it stood there for 15 minutes(because of the driver he wanted more people to board the auto)and then our journey started, so what would be the correct sentence for it, and there is 1 more scenerio like if I am on a bus and it hits a car from behind so what should I say driver didn't press the breaks on time or government bus drivers never press the breaks on time?
 

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"The auto driver waited for 15 minutes before leaving, because he wanted more paying passengers." A very common situation in India.
"Government bus drivers never brake in time."
 

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Please note (from Bhai's post) the spelling of "brake" (as opposed to your "break") and that he said "in time" (as opposed to your "on time").
 

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So we can say "This driver never or always brakes in time or drivers should brake in time or please brake in time while driving".
 

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So we can say "This driver never or always brakes in time or drivers should brake in time or please brake in time while driving".

Yes, though I would hope it was not all that necessary to remind drivers not to hit things. Is it really the case that bus drivers are always running into things from behind?
 
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