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03-04-2011, 12:26 AM

Another question! When using the structure 〜が早いか to mean "as soon as" or "the second ~ occurs" I can say, like, 鳴るが早いか or 鳴ったが早いか.

What is the difference?

I have a sample sentence
小田先生はチャイムが鳴るが早いか、教室に入って来ま す。

If I changed it to 鳴ったが早いか, how does the meaning change?

Or is it that I have to match the tense of 鳴る with the 来ます at the end?

それに「や」と「や否や」はどう違いますか。例えば「 部屋に入ったや(否や)」という文に。

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