Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him

[Ador]

Do these sentences have the same meaning? If not, please explain why. Can I use "final bell rings" instead of "final bell would ring"? Will the meaning of these sentences change then?

1. Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time remained before the final bell would ring.

2. Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time is left before the final bell would ring.

3. Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him of how much time is remaining before the final bell would ring.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to tell him how much time is left before the final bell rings.

 

[jutfrank]

would is not correct. You could use just rings, but you don't have to use any verb there—just the final bell is enough.

Rahim has asked his teacher repeatedly to inform him how much time there is left before the final bell.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would prefer "Rahim has repeatedly asked his teacher ...".

 

[jutfrank]

I would prefer "Rahim has repeatedly asked his teacher ...".

Why?

 

[emsr2d2]

On the basis that it's not impossible to read it as "Rahim has asked his teacher ... repeatedly to inform him", meaning he once asked the teacher to inform him multiple times.

 

[Rover_KE]

Ador, in what context do you want to use this sentence? No teacher is going to tolerate being repeatedly asked by a student how much longer the lesson is going to last.

 

[emsr2d2]

Rahim sounds like a nightmare student. Rahim should buy a watch.

 

[Ador]

Ador, in what context do you want to use this sentence? No teacher is going to tolerate being repeatedly asked by a student how much longer the lesson is going to last.

Actually, Rahim was taking an English exam. He was wasting his time laboring over some troublesome questions at the start hoping that, he would answer easy questions later. But he didn't realize that it almost took two and a half hours of his three-hour exam. Then much to his surprise the second bell rang and suddenly he saw that he had forgotten to bring his watch into the exam hall. This made him tense because he needed to answer the other questions in half an hour. So in order to finish on time he repeatedly asked his teacher how much time was left.

 

[Tarheel]

Rahim is fictional, isn't he?

 

[emsr2d2]

Actually, Rahim was taking an English exam. He was wasting his time laboring over some troublesome questions at the start hoping that, he would answer easy questions later. But he didn't realize that it almost took two and a half hours of his three-hour exam. Then much to his surprise the second bell rang and suddenly he saw that he had forgotten to bring his watch into the exam hall. This made him tense because he needed to answer the other questions in half an hour. So in order to finish on time he repeatedly asked his teacher how much time was left.

It would have been very helpful to know all of that in post #1.

Also, I have never been in an exam situation where there wasn't a clock on the wall, visible to everyone.

 

[Ador]

Rahim is fictional, isn't he?

Yes :-D

 

[Rover_KE]

...and it would have been very helpful for us to have known that in post #1, too.