before the computer suddenly crashed/failed/stopped//was down

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Angliholic  #509234  Sun, 04 May 08 08:53 AM

I had spent two hours inputting the data before the computer suddenly crashed.

 

Hi,

Does "crashed" sound right in the above? Does it amount to "failed//stopped working// was down//was out of order?" Thanks.

  
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New2grammar  #509243  Sun, 04 May 08 09:09 AM

Your sentence is grammatically correct but sounds unnatural to me though I can't tell what's wrong.I probably would say, "I had been inputting the data for two hours when the computer suddenly crashed" Or in an attempt to minimize changes to your sentence, "I had spent two hours inputting the data WHEN the computer suddenly crashed"

  
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