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[fw]

Hello everyone.

If sentence #1 is rewritten, which is more natural, #2 or #3?
1. The baby did not stop crying until he was fed.
2. It was not until the baby stopped crying that he was fed.
3. It was not until he stopped crying that the baby was fed.

Best regards,
Fw

[Sirius]

I would say neither.

Both 2 and 3 presume that they waited for the baby to stop crying before feeding him. In fact, the feeding is what stopped the crying.

If you wanted to rewrite it

It was not until he was fed that the baby stopped crying

[fw]

Sorry, sirius, I made an arror.

My question should have been:

If sentence #1 is rewritten, which is more natural, #2 or #3?
1. The baby did not stop crying until he was fed.
2. It was not until the baby was fed that he stopped crying.
3. It was not until he was fed that the baby stopped crying.

Do I understand you chose #3?

fw

[Sirius]

The new Number 2 is different and would be fine

[KazAV]

Both are fine.