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[GUEST2008]

Hi

Is it correct to say:

Come back before twenty minutes elapse.

 

[buggles]

Hi

Is it correct to say:

Come back before twenty minutes elapse.

It's grammatically correct, but no one would ever say that.

We'd say something like,

"Be back here in twenty minutes."

"Don't take longer than twenty minutes to come back."

"You've got twenty minutes (to get back here)."


buggles (not a teacher)

 

[kfredson]

Hi

Is it correct to say:

Come back before twenty minutes elapse.

Yes, it would be unusual to use this in speech. In writing it might be possible, but it would sound more natural to say, "Come back before twenty minutes have elapsed."

 

[billmcd]

As an American-English speaker, I like buggles first example.

 

[tedtmc]

Come back in twenty minutes' time.

 

[bhaisahab]

"Come back within twenty minutes" or kfredson's "Come back before twenty minutes have elapsed."